More Qs for outdoor shoot

divamum

Ok, so next question in anticipation of shooting the toddler (!) on Sunday:

- aperture priority or manual?

I was thinking Av simply so I can keep up with fast subject in possibly changing lighting. Thoughts?

- how to deal with the icky white-balance-when-on-green-grass problem?

The park is beautifully landscaped - am hoping for leaves to go just a little further between now and Sunday, but since we've got rain, rain, rain until the weekend, it may not happen. How can I handle the nasty skintones/WBs one gets when shooting on grass in camera? Gels? Thoughts welcomed.

Thanks!

divamum

Anybody... Bueller?

adbsgicom

One thing you can do to get the face right is get a grey card shot so you have color cast data down near the grass. Or put him/her on a neutral blanket....

zoomer

I was under the impression you were using flash. If so use auto white balance and should be fine.
If not try to find a place where some non green light is being reflected into the face.
I avoid green shaded light areas like the plague if I don't have a flash....do that .