From the course: Learning Lighting: Natural Light
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Setting white balance in camera
From the course: Learning Lighting: Natural Light
Setting white balance in camera
When your camera is set to the automatic white balance setting it adjusts for the color temperature in your scene and makes its best guess for the proper white balance exposure. Rendering the whites in your image a true white, without any strange color casts. In some situations the auto white balance works well and other times you may end up with a color cast. Because the default auto white balance setting doesn't always make the best guess regarding your particular conditions. You need to take control and select one white balance setting for each specific lighting scenario. Digital camera settings vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so check out your owner's manual and find your white balance setting. Scroll to the white balance options, daylight, cloudy, incandescent, tungsten, and any other option your camera has, and pick the one that matches your specific lighting condition. If you aren't sure, just choose one white balance setting for a particular lighting scenario. This way…
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