Mixed Lighting Summary

If you took the picture now in tungsten light everything would be off color. To correct the photo you now need to go to your camera and adjust for the off color ambient light. By adding the appropriate gel, you have made your flash the same color as the ambient, but you must eliminate that color shift with the camera as well. You can do this a couple ways depending on your camera. Some have presets for Fluorescents, Tungsten, and so on. Pick the appropriate one or use the even simpler technique of Auto White Balance (AWB). Your flash and ambient are the same color and the camera in AWB eliminates the color shift and your pictures will be perfectly color balanced. For those who enjoy working with Custom White Balance, that is also an option.The content you are trying to access is only available to members. Sorry.

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