session 7 white balance (basic photography class)
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White Balance and Color Temperature
MC 310: Basic Photography Bong S. Eliab
Mass Communication Program
Outline
§ White Balance Explained § Color Temperature § How to compensate color temperature § How to get the actual colors § Color cast as effects
White Balance
§ Is a way to correct the colors in the photograph taking into account the light it was shot with;
§ Why correct the colors? - not all light sources produce the same light quality and temperature equally across the whole visible light spectrum
White Balance
Incorrect White Balance
Correct White Balance
Source: www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm
Color Cast Correction
Color Temperature
Visual Spectrum
Kelvin Color Temperature Light Source 1000-2000K Candlelight 2500-3500K Tungsten Bulb 3000-4000K Sunrise/ Sunset 4000-5000K Fluorescent Light 5000-5500K Electronic Flash 5000-6500K Daylight with Clear Sky 6500-8000K Moderately Overcast 9000-10000K Shade/ Heavily Overcast
WB: D65
WB: D65
dSLR White Balance Presets Automatic White Balance
Custom White Balance
Tungsten Light Source
Fluorescent Light Source
Daylight Light Source
Flash Light Source
Cloudy Lighting Condition
Shadowy Lighting Condition
Guide for WB Presets
Color Distribution
Raw Format
§ Use the RAW file format (if your camera supports them).
§ Allows you to set the WB after the photo has been taken.
§ Allows you to set the WB based on a broader range of color temperature and green-magenta shifts.
Raw Format Advantage
Mixed Lighting: Problem
§ AWB usually calculates an average color temperature for the entire scene,
§ AWB Uses average temperature as the white balance
§ AWP - Acceptable approach § However AWB tends to exaggerate the difference
in color temperature for each light source
Mixed Lighting Note:
• Building to the left is quite warm
• But the sky is somewhat cool
• WB was set based on the moonlight-- bringing out the warm color temperature of the artificial lighting below
• White balancing based on the natural light often yields a more realistic photograph.
Automatic White Balance
AWB
§ white balance is available in all digital cameras and uses a best guess algorithm within a limited range-- usually between 3000/4000 K and 7000 K.
Custom White Balance
Neutral Reference
Automatic and Manual WB
Custom WB uses 18% gray reference point.
Automatic White Balance
Custom White Balance
Custom White Balance
§ Custom white balance allows you to take a picture of a known gray reference under the same lighting, and then set that as the white balance for future photos.
Fluorescent WB Preset
Shade WB Preset
Cloudy WB Preset
AWB
Fluorescent WB Preset
Tungsten WB Preset
Custom White Balance
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