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jimkarthauser In reply to rosspenny [2008-03-22 07:40:35 +0000 UTC]

It took me a long time to get into the habit, but white balance is what you need to learn.
In a shot like this you can set it on 'flash' and the camera will recognise the colour of the flash, otherwise If you are shooting wider (i.e using light from the street lights, your best bet is to set the wb to 'tungsten' as thats the colour of the streetlights, and if you're using flash then pop a tungsten gel on the head, so that all light is the same temperature.

I've got a workflow now when I set up for a shoot, flash/no flash, focal length, position, wb, metering, exposure, focus, recompose, shoot.

Good luck!

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rosspenny In reply to jimkarthauser [2008-03-22 17:47:16 +0000 UTC]

jesus, your gonna have to show me one day haha

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jimkarthauser In reply to rosspenny [2008-03-22 18:18:59 +0000 UTC]

Just look in your manual and online for white balance. With flash it's no different, but for example if you're shooting with tungsten light (i.e streetlights, bulb light indoors) or flourescent light (strip lights indoors) and flash, you balance the camera so that the main light source shows as white, and then manipulate the colour (temperature) of the flash so that it is roughly the same as what you balanced for (i.e the tungsten or flourescent ambient light.)

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rosspenny In reply to jimkarthauser [2008-03-23 12:29:36 +0000 UTC]

yeah man, i looked at that, turns out i had mine on auto, thats probably why it always looks the same

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jimkarthauser In reply to rosspenny [2008-03-23 20:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Shoot everything manual. aperture, shutter speed, wb, iso, the works. learn it all.

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rosspenny In reply to jimkarthauser [2008-03-23 23:21:58 +0000 UTC]

yeah i shoot manual shutter speed, aperture and iso now, but im learning

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