WHITE BALANCE Exercise-
shoot images in different lighting with the whole range of white balance settings on your camera

COLOR TEMPERATURE ARTICLE

With film- the photographer has to pick the type of film to match the lighting conditions.
Outdoor film for daylight- Tungsten film for indoor lighting.
You would use a blue or orange filter over the lens to correct the color if you use the film under different lighting conditions.

 

White Balance in a digital camera allows you to adjust for different lighting conditions.

White Balance Exercise

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Use your camera in many different lighting conditions to see how it reacts to changes in lighting temperature.

At least 6 shots for each scene- (different white balance settings)

Shoot the whole range of White Balance Settings in at least 5 different lighting conditions:
Shoot in outdoor (Shade, Cloudy, Sunny) and indoor (tungsten, fluorescent) and any other lighting you can find.

Shoot mixed lighting sources (window outdoor light with tungsten inside light).

Try this at night - outdoor

Set your camera to the different white balance settings it has (see chart at left).

Make sure to use the custom white balance setting (if your camera has it).
You will need a white target to set the custom balance (white paper etc.)

In class you will import, label and make a contact sheet from your images.