Start Photography With White Balance

Always wonder why some pictures have a yellow or blue tint? Why did this happen? Now it has to do with how the camera sees colors in a scene. Correct White Balance is one of those technical aspects of photography, which are often overlooked or misunderstood. But it can make a big impact on your photos, so it is important to understand how color works in photography.

What is white balance?

The color is in the temperature measured in units of Kelvin. Warm colors have a low degree Kelvin, while cooler temperatures have higher degrees Kelvin. For example, the flame of a candle has a Kelvin temperature of about 1500, while a blue sky Kelvin has a temperature of about 9000th The human eye is very good at adjusting for differences in color temperature. Unless the temperature of light is very extreme look like a white wall is generally white. But a camera is not with a human brain behind it (yet!) And so is unable to make the same adjustments. The result is a color that looks to either "cold" or even "warm".

Set the white balance

The purpose of adjusting the white balance is to say that the camera matters either warm up or cool things, depending on the lighting situation. And how are we doing this? Most digital cameras have automatic and semi-automatic settings. The most common are:

Automatic: if the camera takes an estimate on the correct white balance. In most of these conditions is pretty much, but in tricky situations, lighting, it is easily fooled.

Tungsten: for shooting under artificial light (artificial) lighting as an indoor lamp. Since this type of lighting is very warm, the setting cools the colors easily.

Daylight: Filming for the outside. Colors appear under a sky can be blue, so this setting is used to a warm-up scene.

Various brands cameras also have more variations on these settings, such as conditions for clouds and flash photography.

Manually adjust the white balance

In most cases with the help of automatic or semi-automatic settings on your camera good results. But if it's just not doing it for you, or you like me are a complete control freak, most digital cameras, you can manually set the white balance.

This can be done in two ways. Some cameras have a setting that allows you to set the white balance in degrees Kelvin. To do this course, you must know the temperature of your light source. This is easy to find out with a few test shots. For instance, if you shoot within the framework of a standard house globe, you know that the temperature of the light is quite low. Adjust your attitude to a small number and take a test shot. Then review and adjustments as necessary, until the color in your photos look right.

The second method is the tried and true grey card. By holding a neutral color in front of your lens, you are basically the camera to say what looks white. It fits all other colors. To do this, you must have your white balance for manual setting.

With all the automatic settings, digital cameras have allegedly to make our lives easier, it is simply too lazy and let the camera do all the work. However, put in a little effort into learning why things work and how they are doing, you have the edge next time you are dealing with a difficult situation and lighting will help you, your photography.