Monday, February 22, 2010

White Balance

White balance is the way your camera reads light temperature and colour. Most people just often leave it on AWB (automatic white balance) but you can (and should!) change it indoors, with flash etc. You know when your indoor pictures of people have that yellow/orange tinge? That is why. If you look on your camera for the white balance settings they have cloudy, flash, fluorescent lighting, custom, etc.
The picture above was shot in RAW so I could adjust the white balance in post production. LOVE IT. Shooting in RAW is the greatest change I ever made to my photography but I won't talk about that right now.
This picture is fine but you can see that it was shot with an automatic white balance giving her face an orange/pink/yellow hue.
So find that white balance button on your camera and change it for the situation you find yourself in. See what kind of difference it can make....especially indoors.



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