White Balance

1. What is White Balance?

• Balancing light within a photograph
• A way to get the images as accurate as the eye sees them

2. Why is it important to set your white balance?

• Different sources of light will produce different colors
• Temperatures are based on the Kelvin scale
• Fluorescent light = a Blue/Green (cool colors)
• Tungsten + Incandescent light = a Yellow/Orange (warm colors)

3. Explain how to set a custom white balance?

1. Change the White Balance to "custom"
2. Use manual mode and manual focus to take a properly lit photo of something white
3. Fill the frame with white and ignore the result
4. Under menu, find the custom White Balance setting + SET photo