Nikon D50 vs Pentax point and shoot

[Vianna Szabo]

Thank you Molly for the information and for making me feel like less of an idiot. It is really interesting to me how the Pentax will shoot without a flash in medium to low light with good results but the Nikon in manual will refuse. I have been taking one photo after another this morning in different modes with the flash down, but every photo of the painting of Hannah is still too warm.

I appreciate the offer to email you and may take you up on it. Can I bake you a favorite cookie to send to you for this kind offer?

Ilaria
That is interesting that your Nikon did the same thing. Maybe it is a Nikon "thing". It's frustrating for me because I use a lot of cool tones so my photos don't read as close to the painting as I would like. As far as the reference photos, your right, that could be a nasty problem. Guess that's why it is so important to work from life so you know to adjust when the photos are not reading correctly.

Thank you for the advice and comments.
Vianna

[Mike McCarty]

Vianna,

Your troubles seem to be related to the need for a proper white balance setting. Here is one of the threads located in the "Photographing your artwork" section (there are others) which talks about this very topic:

http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...3&page=1&pp=10

[Vianna Szabo]

Thanks, Mike for sending me that posting. I will go out this week and purchase some black fabric and a gray card and will post the results.

Vianna