white balance- does it need to change if the distance b/w cam and subject change? - GoFuckYourself.com

dyna mo · 01-26-2010, 12:49 PM

with a standard 3 light arrangement, if i move from 10 feet away to 2 feet away, what happens to the lb?

Les Grossman · 01-26-2010, 01:02 PM

Only needs to change if your light source changes.

JustDaveXxx · 01-26-2010, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Les Grossman

Only needs to change if your light source changes.

yup. You white balance to your light source, not to your subject or background.

Nikki_Licks · 01-26-2010, 02:14 PM

Yep, what they said....only if the light changes

Adraco · 01-26-2010, 02:20 PM

White balance is only dependent on the surrounding light. Like one whitebalance for indoors and then another one for outdoors in daylight and a few hours later at the sunset it's wise to adjust it again or colors will look strange and unnatural.

What you basically do is telling the camera what white looks like in the current lightning conditions. Then the camera calculates all the other colors by itself.

MaDalton · 01-26-2010, 02:20 PM

don't use automatic white balance

dyna mo · 01-26-2010, 03:32 PM

thanks folks

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Originally Posted by MaDalton

don't use automatic white balance

i don't, that's why i was asking!

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