{"id":768,"date":"2009-09-23T02:07:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T09:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/?p=768"},"modified":"2012-05-27T10:23:01","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T17:23:01","slug":"control-your-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/control-your-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Control Your Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The use of lighting and especially windlight gives us the opportunity to create stunning effects for our photos. \u00a0But sometimes we find that the color is overbearing on the avatar or other objects. \u00a0The use of color correction and a decrease in saturation fixes this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So unless you are going for another hue that is unnatural, try tweaking the color using color correction, a decrease in saturation, and an increase in contrast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-886\" title=\"contrast\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/contrast.jpg\" alt=\"contrast\" width=\"345\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/contrast.jpg 345w, http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/contrast-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-887\" title=\"saturation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/saturation.jpg\" alt=\"saturation\" width=\"421\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/saturation.jpg 421w, http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/saturation-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-886\" title=\"contrast\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/contrast.jpg\" alt=\"contrast\" width=\"345\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/contrast.jpg 345w, http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/contrast-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few situation that may prompt you to use color correct are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Changing your mind about using the windlight or light setting <\/strong>&#8211; If you already completed the photoshoot and decided that you don&#8217;t like the deep hues you can use color correction to fix it.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Your client doesn&#8217;t like the deep hues <\/strong>&#8211; Your client (or you) likes the pose and everything is just perfect except you had too much red or too much blue in the photo. \u00a0The image is completely saturated in color and you need to get it looking more natural. \u00a0Use color correction to fix it!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Using someone else&#8217;s photo<\/strong> &#8211; You&#8217;ve been given some photos to use or touch up, but the hues are too deep and too saturated. \u00a0You can use color correction to get them looking perfect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take a look at some of these photos. \u00a0Different windlight settings were used for each. \u00a0The photos on the left are the originals. \u00a0The photos on the right have been edited using color correction, saturation, and some contrast adjustments as well:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-881\" title=\"color balance 2b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-2b.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 2b\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-882\" title=\"color balance 2a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-2a.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 2a\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-879\" title=\"color balance 3b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-3b.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 3b\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-880\" title=\"color balance 3a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-3a.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 3a\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-877\" title=\"color balance 4b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-4b.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 4b\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-878\" title=\"color balance 4a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-4a.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 4a\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-875\" title=\"color balance 5b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-5b.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 5b\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-876\" title=\"color balance 5a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-5a.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 5a\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-873\" title=\"color balance 6b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-6b.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 6b\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-874\" title=\"color balance 6a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-6a.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 6a\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-871\" title=\"color balance 7b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-7b.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 7b\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-872\" title=\"color balance 7a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-7a.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 7a\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-869\" title=\"color balance 8b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-8b.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 8b\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-870\" title=\"color balance 8a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/color-balance-8a.jpg\" alt=\"color balance 8a\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of lighting and especially windlight gives us the opportunity to create stunning effects for our photos. \u00a0But sometimes we find that the color is overbearing on the avatar or other objects. \u00a0The use of color correction and a decrease in saturation fixes 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