{"id":2106,"date":"2012-10-04T22:37:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T13:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-10-04\/2106"},"modified":"2012-12-19T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T02:11:44","slug":"low-quality-photographic-lighting-has-me-seen-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-10-04\/2106","title":{"rendered":"Low-Quality Photographic Lighting Has Me Seen Green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 2000 —\nimage data<\/a><\/span>\nGreen With Envy<\/span>\nfor folk who have real studio lighting\nAll pictures on this post photographed by St\u00e9phane Barbery,\nselected and processed by me<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

You might not particularly notice it the first time you see the photo\nabove, but once I point<\/span> it out, you won't be able to miss it: my skin has a\ndecidedly<\/span> green tint.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u8cea\u304c\u60aa\u3044\u86cd\u5149\u706f<\/span>\u3092\u4f7f\u3046\u3068\u3001\u808c\u306f\u7dd1\u307d\u3044\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3046\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n

This is a classic side effect of fluorescent lighting not specifically\ndesigned for photography, which is apparently what St\u00e9phane and I used<\/span>\nduring one of our\nportraiture practice sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Unfortunately, I had bought<\/span> bulbs that were specifically<\/i>\nadvertised as “for photography”, sold and branded by a company<\/span> that makes\nphoto-studio lighting equipment. I simply<\/span> got ripped off. )-:<\/p>\n\n

I'd bought Gorgeoust (the company's name) “Super Bright 500W equivalent home photography use fluorescent light bulb”.\nThey're huge curly bulbs... you can see them on the company's page<\/a>. They're garbage.<\/p>\n\n

\u30b4\u30fc\u30b8\u30e3\u30b9\u30c8\u306e\u300c\u8d85\u660e\u308b\u3044\u3000500W\u64ae\u5f71\u7528\u5bb6\u5ead\u7528\u86cd\u5149<\/span>\u706f\u96fb\u7403\u300d<\/span>\u306f\u3081\u3061\u3083\u60aa\u3044\u3002\u30b4\u30df\u3002\u8272\u304c\u60aa\u3044\u3002\u660e\u308b\u304f\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n\n

They're advertised as being “500W equivalent”, which means that they\nshould be brighter than eight 60W room lights, but they seemed to me to be\nabout as bright as, well, one<\/i> 60W room light. Maybe one 100W room\nlight if I'm feeling generous.<\/p>\n\n

I had eight of them running at once, which produced what seemed to be a\nnice<\/span> white light, but the photos all have the green tinge. What a waste<\/span> of\nmoney.<\/p>\n\n

If you're lucky, you can recover a bit<\/span> in Lightroom. I found<\/span> that if I\nadjust<\/span> the “Yellow Hue” slider, I can turn<\/span> the green into a pinkish<\/span> orange,\nwhich at some point along the slide gets it to mostly match my skintone...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nColor Corrected<\/span>\nsort of\n<\/div>\n\n

You can also go the B&W route, of course.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nDe-Color Corrected<\/span>\nsort of\n<\/div>\n\n

Of course, the “yellow hue slider to pink” trick works only if there's\nno green or yellow in the photo. Luckily that day I had<\/span> on one of my ¥780 Uniqlo Dry Polo\nshirts<\/a> and some jeans I got<\/span> at Uniqlo as well...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 98mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 2000 —\nimage data<\/a><\/span>\nCorrected Pink<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nOriginal Green<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The real problem shows up when you have a smile.<\/span>.. teeth are never truly\nwhite, and they get affected somewhat by the slider, leaving an\norange-tinged smile. Ugh. So to process<\/span> reasonably, you have to go in with\na desaturate<\/span> brush (while at the same time getting more earnest with the\ntooth brush).<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 175mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 2000 —\nimage data<\/a><\/span>\nDouble Corrected<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

So, I'm in the<\/span> market for high-quality<\/i> fluorescent bulbs. Any suggestions?<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might not particularly notice it the first time you see the photo above, but once I point it out, you won't be able to miss it: my skin has a decidedly green tint.<\/p>

\u8cea\u304c\u60aa\u3044\u86cd\u5149\u706f\u3092\u4f7f\u3046\u3068\u3001\u808c\u306f\u7dd1\u307d\u3044\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3046\u3002<\/p>

This is a classic side effect of fluorescent lighting not specifically designed for photography, which is apparently what St\u00e9phane and I used during one of our portraiture practice sessions.<\/p>

Unfortunately, I had bought bulbs that were specifically advertised as \"for photography\", sold and branded by a company that makes photo-studio lighting equipment. I simply got ripped off. )-:<\/p>

I'd bought Gorgeoust (the company's name) \"Super [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7,1,13,28,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}