 Susan Robertson |
Shooting a Digital wedding under flourescent light Hello out there! I am shooting a wedding reception in 2 weeks. It will be in a gymn under flourescent lights. HELP! Any suggestions so my pictures are not orange? I am shooting w/ a Cannon Rebel XT. Thanks, Susan Robertson
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Denyse Clark |
Hi Susan, I'm no expert, I've only done one wedding!! But the ceremony was under flourescent lighting! At the time I was using the Rebel G 35mm, and didn't use special film or anything... I didn't have any orange pics. I did use a speedlight on a flash bracket though. (which also reduces shadows significantly) Do you have one? I have the Rebel XT now, and have the 420 EX, with a Stroboframe flip bracket. I love it.
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Don't worry, your pictures won't be orange . . . they'll be green! Tungsten lighting (regular bulbs) causes orange tints, fluorescent lighting causes green tints. If you're not using a flash, you should set your White Balance to the Fluorescent setting or take a custom WB with the gym lighting before it starts. Gyms are usually not well lit, though, so you will probably need to use a flash. The built-in flash on your camera is marginally useful at short range only. You should consider getting an external flash.
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Denyse Clark |
Riiiiight, chris of course! (I was thinking, hmm, orange? but didn't stop to think about it) But yeah, like we said, the external flash eliminates all of the color issues :)
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Susan Robertson |
Thanks for the tips. I have the 420 EX. I don't know how to set my custom white balance so I will read up on that. Thanks, susan
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