Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Lesson five: White Balance - my thoughts


White Balance

                I enjoyed learning how to use white balance on my camera.  I now understand that white balance is being aware of the light source and setting the camera accordingly in order to show the colors of the scene as accurately as possible.  It is easy to get accurate color when working with natural light, but when the light source is incandescent or fluorescent light bulbs, candle light or even cloudy conditions the colors can be skewed.  My camera has a white balance setting that offers choices such as incandescent light.  Prior to taking this class, my pictures would often have skewed colors such as orange faces.  I didn’t realize that I could do anything to change the results.  I have been practicing using white balance in different lighting conditions.  It is remarkable how different the pictures can appear if you choose the right camera setting. 

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