Here’s my follow-up on the white balance post, with before-and-after photos! Speaking of which, the photos are of my first order of 100% wool felt sheets from Magic Cabin! They just came in on Thursday. They weren’t cheap, but I’m really excited to use them.

This first pair of photos was taken without flash. The Before shot (on the left) is with my white balance on its default auto setting. The After shot (on the right, obviously) is where I followed the camera manual’s instructions on setting the white balance manually in hopes of producing an image that’s closer to the product’s true colors.

Here’s the second pair, taken with flash. Again, Before on left; After on right.

To my untrained eye and viewing the photos side-by-side with the actual felt sheets, the “Before” photos, even with flash, look a bit glum. The image with flash is better than without but in my opinion is still a bit lacking.

Happily, the “After” photos seem to have produced a more appealing image with more vibrant colors that, most importantly, are truer (I looked it up and it’s legit) to the real deal. So, I guess I can hold on to my $125 + shipping for the Impact Digital Light Sheds Kit for now (bummer) and keep working with manually configuring the white balance on my Exilim for better shots. We’ll see what happens!

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