most recent 30 from http://www.lensfail.com 2010-03-10T22:04:25Z http://www.lensfail.com/feeds/question/185 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://www.lensfail.com/questions/185/which-is-better-for-indoor-non-flash-portraits-incandescent-or-compact-fluoresc Hank 2009-11-02T15:55:43Z 2009-11-03T19:57:17Z

<p>I expect I'll soon be taking lots of indoor photographs (both w/ a DSLR and a point-and-shoot) of a fairly stationary (if wiggly) subject, and I don't like the way my flash illuminates the photo. I currently have incandescent bulbs in the overhead lights, which gives everything a very yellowish hue when combined with the beige walls. Would switching to compact fluorescent bulbs improve the colors, especially from the point-and-shoot?</p> <p>Thanks.</p>

http://www.lensfail.com/questions/185/which-is-better-for-indoor-non-flash-portraits-incandescent-or-compact-fluoresc/187#187 Chris Wilkinson 2009-11-03T19:57:17Z 2009-11-03T19:57:17Z

<p>Hi,</p> <p>I assume you are shooting using Auto White Balance (AWB) and sooting in jpeg file format.</p> <p>The yellowish tint may be a result of your camera selecting the wrong white balance for color of ambient light in the room. Whether you shoot with fluorescent lights or tungsten lights, your white balance needs to be set correctly to compensate for the color of light. Tungsten light has a very warm yellow/orange tint to it - fluorescent has a green tint to it. In knowing this, your camera may make images with a green tint if you switch light types.</p> <p>Things you can do to remedy the tint:</p> <p>Try selecting the white balance for the type of light you are shooting in Try using a Custom White Balance Shoot in RAW format and fix the white balance later*</p> <p>*This is one of the biggest advantages of shooting in the raw format, you can adjust white balance after the fact without degrading image quality.</p> <p>In addition, you should research how to change white balance, setting custom white balance and jpeg versus raw file formats.. </p>