musubi1000
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Hyogen. It may help to have camera calibration tools in your pocket. Namely the x-rite color checker. If you have the time it can help display the exact color of the scene. It's a combination of hardware (an IT8 color checker chart (industry standard)) and software used to render true calibrated color. So in theory you could use a canon and nikon and have the color come out the same. I use it on every paid job whenever I can because it neutralize any color casts instantly.
Have you ever done a shoot in the shade? Even after setting a custom white balance you usually have to tweak some warmth in post. If you have a color checker all you need to do is shoot a pic with the colorchecker unit in the scene. Using lightroom export the shot into the software and it will generate a custom ICC profile for that specific lighting at the push of a button. Oh and restarting lightroom. It will restart with that profile already loaded into lightroom for you to select. Once selected you can paste the profile into your whole session in that lighting condition. It has saved me hundreds of hours.
It will help in a lot of ways. It will also show you the horrors of mixed lighting.
Don't forget about black and white.
Have you ever done a shoot in the shade? Even after setting a custom white balance you usually have to tweak some warmth in post. If you have a color checker all you need to do is shoot a pic with the colorchecker unit in the scene. Using lightroom export the shot into the software and it will generate a custom ICC profile for that specific lighting at the push of a button. Oh and restarting lightroom. It will restart with that profile already loaded into lightroom for you to select. Once selected you can paste the profile into your whole session in that lighting condition. It has saved me hundreds of hours.
It will help in a lot of ways. It will also show you the horrors of mixed lighting.
Don't forget about black and white.