Skintones in a cool environment? (Page 3): I definitely need to learn how to white balance better. It's the thing I'm fixing most in post and it's such a pain! Auto is often all over...

scuff

burkphoto wrote:

Custom white balance can help. br br Fill flash c... (show quote)

I definitely need to learn how to white balance better. It's the thing I'm fixing most in post and it's such a pain! Auto is often all over the place. Ugh. This is pretty true, though. It was very blue out. It actually started sprinkling right after this. Cold, wet, and sundown.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

scuff wrote:

I definitely need to learn how to white balance better. It's the thing I'm fixing most in post and it's such a pain! Auto is often all over the place. Ugh. This is pretty true, though. It was very blue out. It actually started sprinkling right after this. Cold, wet, and sundown.

If you want to reduce the additional time and effort in post-processing as to white balance, you can make more precise adjustments in the camera as to a pre-set or custom white balance correction. This is important IF you require exact colour matching or want to neutralize any tint or, a colour bias that you find objectionable. In certain cases, however, a global correction of the entered scene or subject may destroy the mood or realism of the image. On overcast days, even to the eye, colours may seem more muted and colder and warming them up may spoil the mood.

In the attached image the white balance was set for "daylight" but it was a stormy day and the original rendition was cold- so I just left it as is to preserve the mood.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

scuff wrote:

What do you all typically do with people if you have a cool background? This was taken after/close to sundown on an overcast, cold day. I like how blue it is because we were definitely feeling it at this point. But, I don't want her to look sick. I warmed up her skin a bit. How does it look? What do you typically do in situations like this? I'm torn between thinking she won't match the environment and wanting her to look right.

Try Fuji...

scuff

billnikon wrote:

First of all, you sure about sunset, usually, even on overcast, it is usually warmer than cooler colors.
Anyway, I digress.
What do I do in situations like this? I use my quick selection tool in photoshop and warm her up (with photoshop of course you dirty mined person).
Or, you can change the entire scene by using the temp. slider in photoshop, yes Virginia, it is that easy.

Please don't make jokes like that. This is a teenage girl getting her senior pictures.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

E.L.. Shapiro wrote:

If you want to reduce the additional time and effo... (show quote)

Really eye-catching 🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️

Dan' de Bourgogne

scuff wrote:

What do you all typically do with people if you have a cool background? This was taken after/close to sundown on an overcast, cold day. I like how blue it is because we were definitely feeling it at this point. But, I don't want her to look sick. I warmed up her skin a bit. How does it look? What do you typically do in situations like this? I'm torn between thinking she won't match the environment and wanting her to look right.

Yes, I also find this picture looks good with its slightly "icy/frozen" touch. Perhaps I would have let the model to sit in a warm car, just during the short time needed to set up quickly a lightstand+flash gelled 1/4 or 0,5CTO. I don't know another quick way to "warm up" an icy looking subject... Anyway, thanks for this interesting problem to solve and for this challenging picture!

johnsnap1947 Loc: New Fairfield, CT

Definitely looks too bright. If you have Adobe PS select her face then adjust tone. I have the same problem with faces too red and thats what I use..

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

scuff wrote:

What do you all typically do with people if you have a cool background? This was taken after/close to sundown on an overcast, cold day. I like how blue it is because we were definitely feeling it at this point. But, I don't want her to look sick. I warmed up her skin a bit. How does it look? What do you typically do in situations like this? I'm torn between thinking she won't match the environment and wanting her to look right.

Looks like a good shot to me, assuming that she is that un-tanned. The 1250 ISO is the defect for me. Zoom and the photograph really gets noisy.

frangeo Loc: Texas

try a white balance.

no12mo

Longshadow wrote:

Don't know what you're comparing it with, but she and the shot look good.