19/06/2025
I am a light and airy photographer. But it is SO important to be respectful of all skin tones.
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A lot of photographers get intimidated by darker skin tones because they don’t shoot White Balance correctly in camera. Shadows pick up Magentas and Greens naturally. More so than lighter tones.
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So, if you aren’t 1. shooting in kelvin, but then 2. taking advantage of your camera’s ability to control magenta and greens, then you are creating so much more work in lightroom.
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The reason we don’t shoot auto is when we get to editing, there’s no consistency. It is wildly inaccurate.
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It’s our job as photographers to learn the differences every body, skin, or person presents when their in front our our lens.