This kinda reminds me of that meme where some people see a blue and black dress and others see yellow and white. I believe that it has something to do with how your brain intuitively imagines the lighting of the scene. If you construct a warmer, more yellow light, then you would see a blue and black dress while if you construct a colder, more blue light, you would see a yellow and white dress. I think it is very interesting how the brain tries to interpret images instead of just viewing each pixel as it is.
MichaelYu15
I just bought a Olympus PEN ep1 camera from 2008 and it has many automatic white balancing settings, such as incandescent, sunny, cloudy, shadow, etc. I wonder what determines these settings and how you can make differing auto correcting white balance
AlsonC
I wonder if different types of lighting is ever used to portray people in an intended way, similar to how some news sources will selectively use photos based on the context of the photo even if it isnt taken recently
RishSharma7
To respond to Alson's comment, I bet they absolutely do. I've worked with a few people in the film industry and do some film analysis on the side. I would say that lighting is probably a top 5 most important thing in any scene that reveals major emotion or information to the viewer. Again, this is just for cinema, but it happens all the time, and subconsciously, it can have a massive effect on how the audience sees something. Shadows and darkness can represent mystery or evil. Light and sunshine can mean the opposite. A mix of the 2 can represent turmoil. Add in music and you can toy with how people are portrayed to others, just as you said.
sebzhao
Adding onto how lighting affects perceptions and mood, harsh lighting can be dramatic and unfriendly, soft lighting can add a very warm and cozy vibe, and the color of course influences how the subject can appear.
aravmisra
For those interested in a brief overview of film lighting, this was really cool: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/film-lighting/
It's interesting to consider that not all "light" has the same effect and that lighting can have an impact on tone, storytelling, composition, etc. We tend to think of light as a simple scalar, varying from dark to light, but the film techniques outlined in that link are really interesting to consider.
GarciaEricS
I had an issue with my previous samsung phone where the automatic white balance was very off and images would appear much more yellow and orange than they were in real life. That was one of my main reasons from switching away from that phone. It's cool to have finally learned what the underlying issue is, and it's amazing that something that seems relatively small (one quality of the camera) could cause me to switch away from the phone and onto another. It really goes to show that making a complete product is very important.
This kinda reminds me of that meme where some people see a blue and black dress and others see yellow and white. I believe that it has something to do with how your brain intuitively imagines the lighting of the scene. If you construct a warmer, more yellow light, then you would see a blue and black dress while if you construct a colder, more blue light, you would see a yellow and white dress. I think it is very interesting how the brain tries to interpret images instead of just viewing each pixel as it is.
I just bought a Olympus PEN ep1 camera from 2008 and it has many automatic white balancing settings, such as incandescent, sunny, cloudy, shadow, etc. I wonder what determines these settings and how you can make differing auto correcting white balance
I wonder if different types of lighting is ever used to portray people in an intended way, similar to how some news sources will selectively use photos based on the context of the photo even if it isnt taken recently
To respond to Alson's comment, I bet they absolutely do. I've worked with a few people in the film industry and do some film analysis on the side. I would say that lighting is probably a top 5 most important thing in any scene that reveals major emotion or information to the viewer. Again, this is just for cinema, but it happens all the time, and subconsciously, it can have a massive effect on how the audience sees something. Shadows and darkness can represent mystery or evil. Light and sunshine can mean the opposite. A mix of the 2 can represent turmoil. Add in music and you can toy with how people are portrayed to others, just as you said.
Adding onto how lighting affects perceptions and mood, harsh lighting can be dramatic and unfriendly, soft lighting can add a very warm and cozy vibe, and the color of course influences how the subject can appear.
For those interested in a brief overview of film lighting, this was really cool: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/film-lighting/
It's interesting to consider that not all "light" has the same effect and that lighting can have an impact on tone, storytelling, composition, etc. We tend to think of light as a simple scalar, varying from dark to light, but the film techniques outlined in that link are really interesting to consider.
I had an issue with my previous samsung phone where the automatic white balance was very off and images would appear much more yellow and orange than they were in real life. That was one of my main reasons from switching away from that phone. It's cool to have finally learned what the underlying issue is, and it's amazing that something that seems relatively small (one quality of the camera) could cause me to switch away from the phone and onto another. It really goes to show that making a complete product is very important.