Sweet Sixteen White Balance Help!

binghott

i have several pictures of the sweet sixteen girl preparing her makeup in this room, with very warm light coming in through the window. i'm not sure if i like the very warm feel or the more corrected version. i haven't made any other corrections yet, this is just a mockup. please help me!

original:



white balanced:



thanks!

DavidTO

I put the white balanced over the warmer, and set opacity to 70%. I thought that was a good compromise.

EDIT: But if I had to choose, it would be the second one.

Andy

binghott wrote:

i have several pictures of the sweet sixteen girl preparing her makeup in this room, with very warm light coming in through the window. i'm not sure if i like the very warm feel or the more corrected version. i haven't made any other corrections yet, this is just a mockup. please help me!

original:



white balanced:



thanks!

I think you are too saturated. Something like this?

DavidTO

Andy wrote:

I think you are too saturated.

That, too.

Andy

One more step - the shot is underexposed, IMO, where it counts (her skin, face). Here's a better version.

binghott

Andy wrote:

One more step - the shot is underexposed, IMO, where it counts (her skin, face). Here's a better version.

wow, thanks for the quick response david and andy! i said i hadn't done any other corrections yet.

so, we're agreeing on a less saturated version of the "corrected" image?

Andy

binghott wrote:

wow, thanks for the quick response david and andy! i said i hadn't done any other corrections yet.

so, we're agreeing on a less saturated version of the "corrected" image?

White Balance is indeed a correction

Your 2nd pic, above, is not good. It's got blue in the white shades and on her makeup case. Look closely....

Yes, lower the saturation, for sure. If you want me to work the original I'll be happy to.

binghott

Andy wrote:

White Balance is indeed a correction

Your 2nd pic, above, is not good. It's got blue in the white shades and on her makeup case. Look closely....

Yes, lower the saturation, for sure. If you want me to work the original I'll be happy to.

i was meaning that white balance was the only correction i had made thus far.

if you wouldn't mind working my original, that would be great, thanks! in case it matters, i'm using aperture to work on about 17 images with this same light.

jsedlak

wow. What a transformation!

Andy

binghott wrote:

if you wouldn't mind working my original,

Actually it wouldn't make a difference

I used Photshop, curves layer, to neutralize (get proper WB). Then I used Curves again to get a better exposure.

BillyVerden

Nobody asked but...
...have you ever thought about just WB'ing her? Leaving the room the warm colors.
This is what it looks like. The best of both worlds?... well in my humble opinion....lol.

binghott

thanks for your help!

i decided that aperture wasn't going to be enough to work on this series, so i used photoshop. here's the best i could do, what do you think?

Andy

much better.

I still think she's a snidge too saturated.

BillyVerden

I think i like a white and a creamy white look more than the everything white look. My last edit... hehe. Thats what they all say... hehe.

DavidTO

I wanted to give it a real shot.

How'd I do?

manta1900

I beleive that this is the right balance.... IMHO