When I shoot digital pictures indoors, they sometimes have a yellow hue.?

Question

I am using a digital camera. The photos are taken inside the school cafeteria during plays and other school functions. Often the photos come out with a yellow hue to them. Less often they look great. I think it has to do with my flash and the cafeteria lighting.

Answer 1

try adjusting your white balancing. maybe you're still using the sunlight or cloudy white balance preset. these two are great for outdoor shots, but they give your indoor shots a slightly yellow hue. try using automatic white balance (AWB) setting. or, if you're willing to go through the trouble, use the flourescent or tungsten bulb white balance setting accordingly.

Answer 2

The problem is you have mixed light sources. When the flash is sufficient to light your subjects, the color will come out perfect. However if your subjects are more distant, then the room lighting has more effect. Room lighting, or tungsten, is yellowish when compared to daylight or flash. When you know the flash won't illuminate the whole picture, turn the flash off, this should force the camera to auto white balance to the room light.

Answer 3

It is because of the tungsten in the light bulbs givse a yellow tint to your photographs, but you can't let that stop you.
Mess with your settings and many digital cameras have a feature where you can correct the problem.

check your manual.

Answer 4

Incandescent light bulbs and tungsten lights cause the yellowish-orange tinge that you're referring to, and the flourescent lights cause a bluish-green hue. You must re-set your white balance as you change lighting conditions of the environments you enter.

Answer 5

You are right with the lighting. Try setting your white balance to the type of lighting.

Answer 6

you're probably getting this when you're under fluorescent light. play around with your white balance to find the perfect setting for your surrounding :)

~christen

Answer 7

White Balance it is.