I stumbled across this post on fotohacker.com: “White Balance Reloaded”.
I don’t mean to be critical of the site for propagating slightly inaccurate information because the post is very good information for the amateur photographer, however I believe that they oversimplify and repeat some misconceptions about light color that serve only to obfuscate one of the most fundamental aspects of image capture. Camera manufacturers are somewhat complicit in this simplification of lighting color by using Kelvin numbers as white balance settings, but it’s important to remember that “Color Temperature”, “Color Balance” and “White Balance” are all different things.
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Fluorescent lighting has become ubiquitous in our daily lives as an energy-efficient and cost-effective lighting solution, but that familiarity can lead one to believe incorrectly that fluorescent light is interchangeable with other common sources. The truth that both pure sunlight and electric incandescent lighting are fundimentally different from fluorescents, and to completely understand the potential pitfalls of fluorescent lighting, one must come to understand the basis of these differences.
Since I’ve challenged myself to try and create a lighting solution similar to the Lowel Ego light, understanding some basic fundimentals of fluorescent light will greatly help in choosing an “off the shelf” system that will produce optimal results.
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