Question regarding Studio Strobes

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

05/24/2006 07:47:55 AM · #1

Hi
I have 2 studio strobes. I have a camera that has preset wb. I love my strobes but problem is that i find the photograph bit cold for my taste. I have seen many photographs here and find them warm.

So how can make them warmer so they kind of look naturally bit warmer.

One of my freinds has a trial version of wb correcting filter from imaging factory.

i used it other way i.e instead of correcting the i changed to wrong wb and made it warmer.

How can i do it in PS also Is there a possiblity of not going through manupliation in PS and getting correct results.

TrynityRose

Nikon D100

05/24/2006 07:52:34 AM · #2

Change the WB - I often use cloudy -3 to get some warmth, of course you'd have to play around with your strobes and your settings until you get something you like. You could add a gold reflector to reflect some warm color into the shot.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/24/2006 07:55:13 AM · #3

Gold reflector is good idea, i might do it

Telehubbie

Canon EOS-40D

05/24/2006 08:23:12 AM · #4

Back in the film days, I'd put a "warming gel" across the reflector on the strobe to warm things up a bit (if there were no softbox on there). It's kind of like a thick Easter basket cellophane and they came in various warming (or cooling) tones, and I'd just tape it across with gaffer's tape. I don't have strobes now, but nowadays adjusting w/b would probably be the way to go.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/24/2006 08:28:18 AM · #5

So how do i change WB in PS.

I am not great at PS. Also if i want to change wb for a challenge using a filter, it will be illegal, wont it be

Telehubbie

Canon EOS-40D

05/24/2006 08:45:19 AM · #6

Normally this would be done on the camera or in RAW processing, but I just looked at your manual and saw (like you said) that there are only preset WB settings, and I didn't see an option to shoot in RAW. The only (easy) option I see for you is setting the WB to "open shade" and the camera will compensate by warming up the blue tones in the shot, but that might warm things up too much.

Curves would be a way to warm things up in PS, but that will take some playing around to find what suits you best. Then you could create an action to warm up all your shots to that curves setting so you don't have to adjust it to every photo in a shoot. I wouldn't think using a simple warming filter in PS would be grounds for dq if that's all you're doing across the whole image, but check with the SC first.

Prof_Fate

05/24/2006 09:44:54 AM · #7

Levels in PS - use the eyedroppers - left is for black, right is for white. easy. the real work is done with the middle one...it should be clicked on 18% gray - a gray card in the image is the ideal method, but there are others.

get a card with black/gray/white on it and take your first shot OF it, and then you should be able to use that to WB the rest of the shots.

like one of htese from photovision