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Please help with lighting/photos

November 22 2009 at 6:32 PM
  (Login tigerwerke)
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Every single photo I take turns out yellow!

I have just purchased a small photo/picture booth from an online company and I am using it at the moment.

What type of lighting on the cheap can I get that will allow me to take photos and they will look natural without a yellow tint.

Any help is highly appreciated. See below for current samples.

Thanks

Jose.T.Rodriguez

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I had the same problem

November 22 2009, 8:47 PM 

When I photographed my stuff...always came out yellow. Problem is, if you are using a light with an incandescent bulb....you are going to get yellow, as it is yellow light.

I went to Walmart and purchased a couple of desk lamps, but they have the white light florescent tubes in them. They work very well, and have now switched over my model desk lamps to these as well. Once you use them, you will wonder why you didn't before. Makes the colors look much truer.

 
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Don't know..........

November 29 2009, 4:49 PM 

what kind of camera you have,but should be able to set light coditions.Hit func. and choose your specific light conditions;daylight,sun,cloudy,auto,incandescent,florescent,etc,etc,etc.All digital cameras should have this function.Use different light settings to get what you want.By the way,Scott is right.Florescent lights are best,maybe for color,but more for the heat that they don't give off.Also,you might want to try the newer 'daylight' bulbs;also no heat.

I melted models trying to take pictures of 1/72nd scale models,until I started using florescent light and now the daylight bulbs.I used to have to run fans to keep the heat off of the models.Anyway,let us know what you find out.

Dan.....GA/USA

 
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Good info on previous thread

December 1 2009, 9:40 AM 

Jose,
The yellow effect that you see if caused by the incandescent lights and can be offset a bit with you camera's AWB (auto white balance) option. I posted a similar question in July on the General forum and received a lot of good input:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47211/thread/1248385998/Seeking+suggestions+for++photographing+kits

I hope that this helps.

 
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Read the instruction manual

December 17 2009, 7:28 PM 

and change the white balance of the camera to the light source you are using.
Or just go and take the pics outside.

Owen

 
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