Colour Problem !!! As you can see from the picture, it seems a bit reddish. I took this on my new Canon 1100D with the kit lens at F5.6 1/100. The lighting was a mixture of tungsten...

RonRhu Loc: Scotland, UK

As you can see from the picture, it seems a bit reddish. I took this on my new Canon 1100D with the kit lens at F5.6 1/100.
The lighting was a mixture of tungsten and fluorescent and I used the cameras built in flash.
Comments would be appreciated (Please be gentle as I am an absolute beginner)

DavidT Loc: Maryland

RonRhu wrote:

As you can see from the picture, it seems a bit reddish. I took this on my new Canon 1100D with the kit lens at F5.6 1/100.
The lighting was a mixture of tungsten and fluorescent and I used the cameras built in flash.
Comments would be appreciated (Please be gentle as I am an absolute beginner)

The lighting and composition are fine. Your Canon 1100D is the same as the T3 here in the U.S. The red color cast can be corrected somewhat in post processing (using software like Photoshop Elements). In the future, I would definitely avoid a combination of lighting from tungsten, fluorescent and flash, unless you plan to convert it to black-and-white. It's not clear what white-balance you used, but even set on auto would likely not correct for these different lighting sources.

RonRhu Loc: Scotland, UK

Thanks DavidT, your comments are much appreciated. The white balance was set at Auto. I am saving my pennies for a flash and for the picture, used lighting that was in the lounge (Tungsten Ceiling light, low energy lamps in the table lamps x 3).

gdwsr Loc: Northern California

Ron, I don't know how much you are planning on taking these kind of shots but you might consider picking up a grey card or color card. Take your first shot with the subject holding the card then shoot your regular poses. In post processing you can then correct your white balance with the eye dropper tool found in most processing software.Then apply those white balance settings to the rest of your set.

btw, what software are you using? We could be more helpful if we knew.

Poison Ivey Loc: Mtn Brook, AL

You might Google up WhiBal and view their Tutorials

nat Loc: Martha's Vineyard, MA

I'm wondering if you should check out the 'Picture Style' on your camera. That pertains to color vibrance. I don't know much more than that....but there are several choices; the manual explains it.

RonRhu Loc: Scotland, UK

Thanks, I have a clour card in the Canon Digital Guide by Charlotte K Lowrie which I have started reading.
The processing software I have and started to use (well, tried to) is the Canon Digital Photo Professional.

RonRhu Loc: Scotland, UK

Thanks Nat, will do.

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

As you already know the colour cast is because of the different types of lighting that was being used, to combat this you will need to see a custom white balance instead of auto. Really easy to do, just pick up a grey card next time you are at the camera shop (they aren't pricey at all - sometimes you can find them in photography magazines as well).

gdwsr Loc: Northern California

You can do the white balance/tone adjustment in Canon Digital Photo Professional. Open a picture. Find the eye-dropper on the right near the top. Select it and click on the grey card showing in your photo. On this photo do the same and click on the white stripe on the shoulder part of his shirt.

I just did it and it worked pretty good but because of the lighting his left (our right) shoulder stripes are slightly blue and his right ones are now slightly magenta and the wall slightly green. But his face looks good. Without masking and local adjustments you will just have to accept the best balance. Play around with the sliders for further refinement and experimentation.

Always, have fun.

RonRhu Loc: Scotland, UK

gdwsr wrote:

You can do the white balance/tone adjustment in Ca... (show quote)

Tried it and see what you mean, I managed to get a better face colour. I need to play around with the software to see what it does. Thanks a million, I'm learning, not bad for an old fogey !!!!!!

twowindsbear

RonRhu wrote:

As you can see from the picture, it seems a bit reddish. I took this on my new Canon 1100D with the kit lens at F5.6 1/100.
The lighting was a mixture of tungsten and fluorescent and I used the cameras built in flash.
Comments would be appreciated (Please be gentle as I am an absolute beginner)

Pick 1 (ONE) light source! Try really hard to avoid mixing them!

RonRhu Loc: Scotland, UK

twowindsbear wrote:

RonRhu wrote:

As you can see from the picture, it seems a bit reddish. I took this on my new Canon 1100D with the kit lens at F5.6 1/100.
The lighting was a mixture of tungsten and fluorescent and I used the cameras built in flash.
Comments would be appreciated (Please be gentle as I am an absolute beginner)

Pick 1 (ONE) light source! Try really hard to avoid mixing them!

Thanks twowindsbear, much appreciated.

violet.shelley Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland

Oh. I've just noticed your photo. I'm a beginner as well and the exact same thing happened to me photographing my grandson. (He was mortified at the bright red hair His is actually brown.). I had the white balance on auto also. Next time I used custom with much better results. I was lucky enough to get a flash for mothers day. Well worth it. Much better results.

RonRhu Loc: Scotland, UK

violet.shelley wrote:

Oh. I've just noticed your photo. I'm a beginner as well and the exact same thing happened to me photographing my grandson. (He was mortified at the bright red hair His is actually brown.). I had the white balance on auto also. Next time I used custom with much better results. I was lucky enough to get a flash for mothers day. Well worth it. Much better results.

Hi Violet, I too was lucky, I got a Speedlite for my birthday last week !!!. and agree, makes a huge difference. Have you tried playing around with the different settings to see what happens and how it affects the pic.