LED room lighting in a "challenging room"

I want to photograph some of my drum students in my music studio.

To be frank the room seems terrible for photography (although I may be wrong on that.) All 4 walls plus floor are covered by dark blue carpets and the ceiling is a very pale green. There are 8 led lights which light up the room.

Are LED lights good or bad for photography? What should the white balance be? Can I use my flash gun effectivley to help the situation?

Led lights come in a wide range of colour temps. My unqualified advice would be to shoot in RAW and fiddle with white balance afterwards. I have a set of cards in black, white and 18% grey so I'd take reference shots of them and use those shots to adjust white balance during post processing, but that's advice from a noob so treat accordingly ..

steve6690 wrote in post #13488300
I have a set of cards in black, white and 18% grey so I'd take reference shots of them and use those shots to adjust white balance during post processing, but that's advice from a noob so treat accordingly ..

I am also a noob. I've played with the wb during post processing. I don't fully get this use of cards for WB, how does it work? Maybe it's easier if a google it!

http://www.lastolitesc​hoolofphotography.com/​using-calibration-greycards

explains it better than I can

steve6690 wrote in post #13488377
http://www.lastolitesc​hoolofphotography.com/​using-calibration-greycards

explains it better than I can

Once you get through that, learn how to use RAW, set a custom white balance, & then put a student where you think the best place for him/her should be & shoot some test shots. Then refine until you get something descent. How hard can it be?

PhotosGuy wrote in post #13489130
Once you get through that, learn how to use RAW, set a custom white balance, & then put a student where you think the best place for him/her should be & shoot some test shots. Then refine until you get something descent. How hard can it be?

That's what I'm currently experimenting with. It seems very straightforward. I only ever shoot RAW now

OTOH, unless the LED lighting was designed for color balance (unlikely) or at least color consistency it could be all over the place and essentially uncorrectable. In that case, providing your own lighting might be more reasonable.

Do some preliminary tests to be sure, since it appears you have convenient access to the room beforehand.

Thanks for your input everyone. Been taking some shots in RAW today!