How Do I Use The White Balance Setting On My Digital Camera?
Have you ever taken a picture of a beautiful winter scene and been disappointed to discover the crisp, white snow came out with a bluish tint?
This is the kind of situation your digital cameras white balance is meant to prevent.
The white balance is a sensor that analyzes the lighting conditions and colors of a scene and adjusts so the white in the picture appears white. This helps insure the other colors appear as natural as possible. This is one advantage digital photography has over tradition film.
With film, you buy with a certain lighting condition in mind. If that changes, you need to either change your film or hope you can fix any errors in post-production.
Most digital cameras allow you to use either automatic white balance, or choose between several preset conditions such as full sun, cloudy day and so forth.
Automatic white balance will work in most conditions. There may be times, however when you want to warm up a picture to enhance the color, such as for portraits or sunsets. The best way to do this is set your cameras white balance to cloudy. This will...