We’ve been working hard behind the scenes for over a year on a 2 part video tutorial series covering infrared photography and post processing topics.
Below is a small sample segment on White Balance:
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Each part will have at least 60 minutes of informative content and will come with practice photo files, including RAW format. The same photo files that were used throughout the series which you can use to follow along with and practice on in Photoshop.
This have been a long time coming and we are very proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish. Both parts should be available by the end of the year.
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Hi,
I have two Canon’s, one at 665 and one at 830.
What WB CARD, COLOR, do you suggest for setting the WB?
I was told by an unnamed person, to just take a picture of the scene you will be shooting and set the WB to that scene! Is there truth to this?? I tried it but with mixed results.
Your input is appreciated.
Best,
William
Hi William,
You may find this piece useful, it gives you several scenarios for White Balance options.
https://www.lifepixel.com/photo-tutorials/master-white-balance
Excellent video on IR and white balance. My problem is that I am not able to get an in camera white balance setting on my converted Nikon 610. My only recourse is to use the NX-D software to adjust the white balance. Any suggestions for this situation?
Hi Allan, View NX2, Capture NX2, and Capture NX-D all work equally well for correcting white balance using the set grey point eye dropper tool. Every Nikon dSLR newer than a D200 will usually not allow you to set a preset custom white balance after being converted so what you are doing is actually what we have always suggested that you do.
i ve been using grass or gravel or a gray card. But i did not know about reading white balance from skin tone…. whether justifiably or not, infra red photography is reputed to be unflattering to the subject in portrait shots. So i had not even thought of trying. Maybe now i will
A concise, helpful and original video.
Can’t wait to see the new updated learning series! This one on white balance by Dan was great!
Can you just standardize white balance using a white/gray card under all lighting conditions instead of organic/inorganics?
Unfortunately no, just as with normal visible photography, the lighting conditions change and require a new custom white balance each time to produce best results.
I’ve been setting the white balance on my Sony A6000 590nm converted camera to grass (organics) but apparently this is wrong. Lifepixel recommend setting white balance on 590nm and 665nm sensors using a grey card and 720nm and 830nm sensors using grass. Is this correct?
Excellent to hear you are putting a tutorial together! There is very little out there to help anyone with learning the post processing of the files off an IR camera.