VFX Freak
Sr Member
Part of the difficulty in getting a neutral color reference is that the glass in the exhibit cases is very green. Unfortunately, the only way to perfectly eliminate the green is for the color chart to be behind the glass as well. In my photos I tried to white balance off of something I knew was supposed to be white and then use that correction for all the photos of models in the exhibit that were behind the same kind (hopefully) of glass. In my case I used white from the snow scenery in the Taun Taun exhibit case. I also used a handheld flash when photographing the models to try and override the smaller multi-colored lights hitting the model. Knowing the color temperature of my flash, and hopefully setting an appropriate white balance, should yield pretty accurate colors. Chances that I got it just right are pretty much nil, but I think I got very close. Here's one shot of the 5 footer as an example:
Then of course there's dealing with the fact that you'd need to calibrate your monitor to see the colors accurately, and no two monitors ever end up looking exactly alike even when calibrated, blah, blah, blah fun with digital imaging blah.
Then of course there's dealing with the fact that you'd need to calibrate your monitor to see the colors accurately, and no two monitors ever end up looking exactly alike even when calibrated, blah, blah, blah fun with digital imaging blah.