White Balance
What Is the White Balance Setting on my Digital Camera?
Have you ever taken a picture of a beautiful winter scene and been
disappointed to discover the crisp, white snow came out with a bluish
tint?
This is the kind of situation your digital camera’s white balance is
meant to prevent.
The white balance is a sensor that analyzes the lighting conditions and
colors of a scene and adjusts so the white in the picture appears
white.
This helps insure the other colors appear as natural as possible. This
is one advantage digital photography has over tradition film. With
film, you buy with a certain lighting condition in mind. If that
changes, you need to either change your film or hope you can fix any
errors in post-production.
Most digital cameras allow you to use either automatic white balance or
choose between several preset conditions such as full sun, cloudy day
and so forth. Automatic white balance will work in most
conditions.There may be times, however when you want to “warm” up a
picture to enhance the color, such as for portraits or sunsets.
The best way to do this is set your camera’s white balance to “cloudy”.
This will deepen the colors and add a glowing quality to portraits. It
will take a beautiful sunset and enhance it to the point of incredible.
Practice taking the same photo with different white balance settings to
get a feel for the changes each setting evokes. Keep notes until you
have a good idea of what each setting does.
In time,you will come to automatically sense which setting is best for
your particular situation.
White balance is a small setting that can make big changes in your
finished photos.
Make it your friend and you will no longer have to worry about faded
sunsets or blue snow.
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