Hello, I am new to using Canon cameras using the 2000D. I am using for passport photos with a light box behind the person. I am using in Manual mode and noticed when people are wearing white it comes up with a slight pink tint to it. Any ideas how to fix the white balance manually to cancel the pink? Thanks
found this on your camera, its how i do it on my M50 too, using the custom white balance is great when you shooting in same location all the time and not changing exposures also this channel has alot of other vids on the 2000d so might help answer your other question on aspect ratio
I mean I usually shoot auto WB, but have dialed in manually when working in a studio setting. The key here is to shoot raw, then dial out the tint in post.
you might also want to get yourself a "calibrate colorchecker" its a world wide standard industry standard colour palette that you use to correct for the colour, it helps people to see if their monitors are correctly set as well as image colours etc personally i don't do any commercial photography but its very useful when you may have any doubts on colours captured,
With the Auto White Balance I end up with a shadow around the face, I think due to the light box. Will look into what you said too, thanks!
White balance will not impact shadows, only tinting of color as the camera looks to try and find "white" The shadow may be more or less dominant based on many factors. Shadow is deffinately coming from the lighting setup. If your shooting with strobes, i usually go with two lights in front so you can dial the level of rembrandt style lighting to your flavor. If your using 1 light source reflectors are a god send, they come in a few types so you can add cool or warm tone to the reflected light, but even a white foam board will work to bounce light back into that shadow. Regarding color calibration Caladina is right, its best to set the color calibration of the monitor, your camera may favor red or green, your printer may favor yellow or blue, each device has its tendency. Best to calibrate the screen as the source of truth, and even then you may have to fiddle a little with a special copy of a file for printing. I picked up a Spyder on sale many years back.
This is such good information. The lighting Thanks so much, I have a lot to work with, with this info. I'll update what works in the hope it helps someone else too.
if you are printing your own images Keith Cooper on youtube has a lot of excellent videos explaining about colour managment, printer and paper profiles along with which types of printers and paper are best for different things for lighting models adorama and kyle taylor on youtbe have great vids too,
