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Flowers2020
Flowers2020
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November 16, 2020
Question

Inconsistent background and coming up too dark

  • November 16, 2020
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I am having trouble getting a consistent background color while shooting in a light box.  I am using Savage Paper (Gray Tint) and the products I am shooting are coming up so dark.  How can this be inside of a light box?  In Lightroom I have to increase exposure and contrast but then I lose color/detail of the product just to get the backgrounds to match/align for consistency.  What am I doing wrong?  Rose is desired color background.  Poinsettia is what I am getting instead.

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Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 16, 2020

Two suggestions-

1) Switch camera to fully Manual Mode (S & A & ISO) and set the exposure to render a 'correctly exposed' image. (The paper Grey looks correct). Always use this exposure for the same lighting in the light box.

2) Set camera to a fixed White Balance (Not 'Auto').  (Essential if shooting JPGs.!)

 

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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