Improve this shot, colors off [pic]

[grantw]

When I was filming this I wasn't really sure what I was doing wrong or how to fix this. Just feels off to me, just too warm and orange\. No lights were on in the building. I had two daylight LED's on either side of the subject. The only other light coming through was daylight thru the background window and another window about 50 feet on the opposite side of the room. Had my camera set to 5600k.
HD pic: http://i47.tinypic.com/11l08bq.jpg

 

[Matthew B]

I think you're not going to have much luck as you're battling the wall colours, which seem to get very close to his skin tone. This shot really lacks seperation not to mention the two big white holes which were once windows. I think you might have been better off changing the angle or shooting into another part of the room so that you could control the exposure a bit better. He's also very flat, try leaving one of your LEDs as a key and the other as a kicker, or alternatively shoot towards the other side of the room with the sunlight through the window as a key. Then an LED as a kicker and the other LED as some fill or splash a little bit of light on the background.

 

[jax_rox]

I'd have re-oriented to get away from the orange wall. Without lights, I'd have tried to use the window as a key. Bringing lights in and shooting on a DSLR or other camera with small dynamic range, if possible I'd have ND'd the windows to bring the light level down, keep them from overexposing and making them look less ugly.

 

[Gabel]

Yeah, the first thing that hit me is also how flat he's lit. You say you have one on each side, which you shouldn't. Matthew had a good suggestion with using one as key and the other as a kicker, otherwise the way you place fill is to have it almost in line with the camera and it should also be rather soft (I'd recommend bouncing it). I also like to have it below lens height, Dean Cundey style!

 

[bwwd]

Your white balance is off, kelvins are wrong, you should white balance properly before each take if youre changing location and you notice lighting change.

Its harder to fix wb with many light temps in frame , his cup should be white, always try to find something that you know is white to base your white balance on it.
Read about 3 points lighting, your lighting setup is not visible, looks like random lighting.

 

[mraaron895]

I would have simply brought your lighting closer to the subject. This would increase the exposure on him and drop the background levels to add depth in your shot.

 

[Doc Bernard]

I would also add that the lighting from the window is also posing you a challenge. Agree with the flat lighting comment. Looking at the pic, I can feel the lighting you added, which is not what you want.

You want it to be there and not be noticed. I am wondering if overlighting and then stopping down would have helped here.

I would have liked to see less light on the right side of his face and maybe some hairlight. That would offset that orange wall.

 

[Patryk_Rebisz]

Things to think about for your next production:
Lens choice: do we need to see the commotion of the office in such detail in the background?
Framing: do we need to see that we are in the office? Can we place it in a better way where we don't have to deal with such strong geometric/optical break-ups of the scene as those windows?
White balance: Is it important to stay true to white balance of the background? Can we go, say blue, by going with tungsten white balance and then just gel (or used tungsten lights) the daylight lights to match proper white balance?
Lighting placement: Is it vital for the shot to be so flat or can we add more definition with some shadows?
Lighting quality: Should we soften our "soft" lights more so that they don't produce unintended harsh shadows?