Before diving into what white balance is, let’s get straight what it isn’t. Sometimes the term white balance is used interchangeably with color temperature, but they’re not the same. Color temperature ...

Many of us overlook proper white balance, letting the camera’s Auto White Balance setting do the work for us. But pros know that proper white balance is simply too important to leave to the sensor in ...

White balance, the bane of digital photography. Or is it? The answer is mixed, just like the troubled lighting conditions it addresses. If you shoot with a pocket camera that records jpegs, then you ...

We all know that the three primary colours of light are red, green, and blue. They can be mixed to produce various colours. There are 3 kinds of components on the camera, which sense blue, green, and ...

Most people distinguish good photos from bad photos based on just a handful of factors: the focus, exposure, framing, and color balance. And while the first three are pretty obvious, color balance is ...

White balance refers to the effects color temperature and tint have in photographs. Different light sources emit varying color temperatures, ranging in a spectrum between orange and blue. Likewise, ...

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