This is where custom white balance comes in! I personally like to use a gray card. This handy, inexpensive tool is one thing I hardly ever leave without when shooting in the studio! Since I do all my post processing in lightroom, I normally start the session off by taking an image of my gray card {this particular one is collapsible for easy storage} As you see below {please excuse the chipped nails! The nail color is "Sonic Boom" Sally Hanson Insta-Dri just in case you love it as much as I do!} I take an image of my hand so I can set my exposure to my style:
It is this image I use when I begin my editing in Lightroom. I can use my gray dropper to click on the gray card and it corrects the white balance for me. From there I can set my other images to the correct balance. This particular image was corrected to 6100K with a -7 on the green/purple slider. And presto! Here is a sample of the before and after. Notice how the correct white balance makes his skin look more creamy! What a difference!
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