Color balance in an odd room

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treynolds

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I have a shoot this weekend that cannot involve lighting. Its a room where the print circuit boards and the light for that process is very specific. I am documenting the process of this being done and i cant disturb the lighting. I don't want all of my shots to come out really yellow and look weird but I'm not sure how to color balance it. Should i manually balance by taking a picture of a white card in the room and balance to that? or should I just push the color?

Or should i just saw screw it and deal with my color in post?

Thanks for the advice.

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Here is a picture of what the yellow looks like

http://image.made-in-china.com/6f3j00bvsacoURYEkC/Imaging-Printing-Room.jpg
 
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It's in the "red" zone, so to speak, so you could try white balancing in that room, which will likely result in at least a somewhat more natural tone, but this will almost definitely involve some post work.
 
Thanks for the help guys. The shoot is my t2i and a couple of canon HV30s so i can manually white balance them all to a white card inside the room. This is a purely informative piece so if the color is left a little bit flat or doesn't pop that wont be a problem as long as people don't look like they should be on the set of the Simpsons.
 
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