I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
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I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
@davidnjoku haha, aww!! That is not a good camera, no.
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@davidnjoku haha, aww!! That is not a good camera, no.
@davidnjoku If it's any consolation, my web cam tend to make my face pale as a white A4 paper sheet, and that is just as bad... I promise.
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I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
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I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
@davidnjoku Not saying this isn’t a massive systemic issue, because it is, but in this particular case you’re being underexposed because you’re against a very white background. The auto-exposure is looking at the whole frame and trying to expose it all equally well, which is why the white is coming out blue/grey. If the background was closer to your skin tone it’d probably be absolutely fine. Try sitting in front of a wooden door or a dark curtain. (I spent a few years teaching photography and this is a common error!)
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I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
@davidnjoku The camera / lighting / room colours combination certainly isn't working out great...
My wife is a theatre designer, primarily in lighting - so via her observations I tend to think of the lighting part of that combination first, set colour scheme second.
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I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
@davidnjoku
It's absolutely an issue of "white balance". -
I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
@davidnjoku also white walls are bad! If it's any consolation, I think there might be manual exposure in the camera settings that you can bump up. But if the exposure looks bad (it will likely overexpose the white wall), using a mid or darker background may help, like a bookshelf with books or something. Sometimes it can also help to throw shadow against the wall or by reorienting the camera so the rear wall is farther from foreground light. Basic cameras without HDR have a hard time in general.
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I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
@davidnjoku That's a great comparison!
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I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
now this is just disrespectful of that camera
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@davidnjoku
It's absolutely an issue of "white balance".No, that's about color balance. Oh, wait...
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