 Pieter J. Roelofse |
White Balance Setting for 5000K Flourecent Hello I have recently started to do E-bay bigtime and I am not sure what to set my digital camera's White Balance. I am using two 30W 5000K Daylight balanced compact Flourecent spiral bulbs and silver reflectors to light my products. I have a Canon Powershot P2 S2. I am getting various results. Any comments on exposure compensation and removing shadows on the white background when using flash as well? Thanks
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Bunny Snow |
I cannot tell you of the white balance using daylight balanced compact fluorescent spiral bulbs. If they are daylight balanced, daylight has a 5200 deg temperature --if you can set White Balance by temperature. The temperature for fluorescent are 4,000 to 5,000 degrees, K. I don't know if silver reflectors would alter your white balance. Haven't tried it. What colors are showing up on a white card? You can prevent shadows on the background by moving the subject forward about 6-10 feet and away from the background, in order that any potential shadow drops below the subject. You can also use a fill-in light slightly off camera at an approximate 45 deg. angle to fill-in the shadow area. Additionally, you can use another light in the background, to both backlight the subject and eliminate most of the background shadow. I would image you could remove the shadow in Photoshop, but since I have yet to try it, I cannot explain how it should be done.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
If you can set wb to a number with that camera, you set it to the same temp as the lights. Or use the custom wb.
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