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White Balance. What is WB?. Every light source imparts its own color cast to an image, ie. “color temperature;” In film, you would choose film based on application; In digital, we set our camera WB setting based on application;. White Balance. Color Temperature in Degrees Kelvin; 7 choices;
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What is WB? • Every light source imparts its own color cast to an image, ie. “color temperature;” • In film, you would choose film based on application; • In digital, we set our camera WB setting based on application;
White Balance • Color Temperature in Degrees Kelvin; • 7 choices; • Auto • Daylight • Shade • Cloudy • Tungsten • Fluorescent • Flash • Custom
Auto Daylight Shade Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent Flash
Daylight Tungsten to Daylight ARE THEY THE SAME?
White Balance • Previous Examples illustrate differences; • Size of differences varies with source of light and time of day; • At twilight, sunlight turns VERY blue with a Tungsten setting. My favorite effect;
Twilight Tungsten Twilight Light, Tungsten white balance setting
Twilight Tungsten Twilight natural Light, on camera flash, Tungsten white balance setting