I'm trying to photograph my artwork. most of it comes out pretty much ok. but when I have a light or white coloured canvas. I am getting a grey cast to all the photographs.
I'm using two tungsten studio lights. and have tried all 3 settings on them including using a reflector. I have also used practically every setting on the camera. from about 250/th of a second down to eight seconds. I have even changed my white balance. but still I always get this grey cast. so what am I doing wrong. (or worse do I have a defective camera)?
Check the flash on the Camera. Or the lighting around the art.
You are probably underexposing.
Try bracketing your shots by +1/3 ev for 2 stops from nominal and see if that helps. Then pick the exposure that looks best.
Can you post an example?
I use a white card for proper balance ... there are white cards for SLR as well as digital cameras. For me, you can't beat a white card for getting your "whites" white.
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You didn't state whether your printing the pics yourself or getting them done? Try adding a color wheel at start of the film for you or processor to have a reference.
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Also film or digital? Different films give different color saturations and contrasts even Kodachrome's from slides can be an option. If your going digital may pay to check all the involved equipment is operating right and possibly many hours digital editing.
Your camera is not defective. The light meters on cameras are tuned to assume that overall the scene taken is 18% gray. If you take a picture of a white scene, the meter will cause the exposure to make it closer to 18% gray than white. For example, it is very common for novice photographers who take photos of snow scenes to be disappointed in the results.
Similarly, an all black object will also be exposed to make it appear more gray. Professional photographers know this and will modify their exposure accordingly. If your camera allows you to modify your exposure setting, increase it by 1-2 F/stops. If it won't allow you to do this, then get the aperture and exposure with the meter reading, switch the camera to manual mode and either double the exposure time (e.g., go from 1/250 sec to 1/60 for two stops) or increase the aperture (e.g. go from F/11 to F/5.6 for two stops). McLellans Automobile Literature :: Cars & Trucks - Toyota (Items with ::
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As others have said this is a white balance issue. If you shoot RAW instead of JPEG you can fix the white balance post production. Its always better though to get things right in camera so using a white card to set your white balance is never a bad practice
Well Originally I was going to say adjust your white balance, maybe adjust your aperture a little bit just to see what happens (open it up more to get more light in) it probably wont make a difference but play around with your settings more, or buy a diffuser. Try photographing something else too just to compare. otherwise your camera is probably screwed.
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