Lesson 8.1 – White Balance in the camera (Photography Tutorial)

Posted on December 16, 2014 by ShutterBug

Lesson 8.1 - White Balance in the camera (Photography Tutorial)

I this lesson we will be talking about white balance (color balance) and learning how to set different white balance modes including a custom white balance u…
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25 Responses to Lesson 8.1 – White Balance in the camera (Photography Tutorial)

  1. Zanina Grieg says:
    December 16, 2014 at 12:23 pm

    And i have a canon camera 700D

  2. Zanina Grieg says:
    December 16, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    I dont hve filters :/

  3. kyaw zaw Lin says:
    December 16, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    Thank you so much. When we are taking picture on gray card for reference
    what kind of white balance are we using? Can I use any of white balance
    from camera setting eg. awb, flah, tungsten etc …

  4. MrLuigisASMR says:
    December 16, 2014 at 2:17 pm

    You are awesome

  5. David McGhee says:
    December 16, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    like it ….good stuff

  6. Biju A.D. says:
    December 16, 2014 at 3:25 pm

    gr8 video

  7. Vidura Rathnayake says:
    December 16, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    Awesome Tutorial , Thanks for sharing your knoledge

  8. sosan edgard says:
    December 16, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    Thanks 

  9. Tracey Stein says:
    December 16, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    You do such a great job explaining all of this! Thanks Oksana!

  10. ColonialDoctor says:
    December 16, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    Good Morning, Easyexposure! Thank you, so very much, for this outstanding
    tutorial! I’ve tried, unsuccessfully, to do a custom WB for studio
    lighting, with my D7000, and even after reading the manual, checking
    online, and getting help from more professional friends, my attempts have
    gone wanting. It was not until you mentioned using the the small screen on
    top of the D7000 to use the “pre” setup for custom WB, that all this
    finally worked exactly as it should! Instantly, my photos were fantastic,
    and my back ground, which is also important, was the exact color I was
    using! Many thanks, and please keep up the great tutorials. I will be
    back to learn more!! Thanks, again, and God Bless!

  11. Wiby WB says:
    December 16, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    when we set the custom WB once it will work at any condition? Just like in
    ur video, u set custom WB inside room, do we need set another custom WB for
    outside condition?

  12. p4big13 says:
    December 16, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    Do i need to take pictures of the greycard everytime the lighting situation
    change? like if i go out of the house then i go back inside the house

  13. weiwei6969 says:
    December 16, 2014 at 5:55 pm

    how do you manual focus?

  14. Derek Miller says:
    December 16, 2014 at 6:31 pm

    I took pictures outside and they were very blue. What would be the biggest
    cause is it a white balance issue?

  15. Kim van Oers says:
    December 16, 2014 at 6:37 pm

    Dear Oksana, I know that if we take a picture and we blend all the colors
    we will get an average of 18% gray. In the early days of photography some
    guy determined that and that’s why 18% gray card is so important because
    how does a camera know what is supposed to be gray in the day time or white
    in the night time. Good example is snowlandscapes, the camera will think it
    supposed to be 18% gray when blending all colors of that picture. But how
    can we custom set WB with a white sheet of paper?

  16. easyexposure says:
    December 16, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    You mean that if you set your WB to 9900k WB your color temp is yellowish
    where as at 2500K its bluish? Think this way: if you set your camera WB to
    9900k, it will be compensating for blue color cast, so it will add yellow
    to the photo. And if you set your camera to 2500K, it will be compensating
    for yellow color cast, so it will add blue to the photo.

  17. BirdOfParadise777 says:
    December 16, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    I have been confused about white balance for a few years now. When you take
    a pic of the grey card does the picture in the camera look grey? If you
    take a pic of the white paper does the picture in the camera look white?
    Why do you prefer to take a pic of the grey card and not a white one? And
    many other questions! lol Thanks:)

  18. fasa ifaka says:
    December 16, 2014 at 8:57 pm

    Hi, thanks for the teachings. Its been so great, l have learnt alot of new
    stuff from ur teachings but l will like to ask a question. How do you set
    your white balance when your subject is far from you and you don’t have
    access to be close to the subject but still want the subject to look
    natural?

  19. Murthy SPSN says:
    December 16, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    from easyexposure tutorils i learnt a lot. i am highly thankful to you.

  20. weiwei6969 says:
    December 16, 2014 at 9:36 pm

    is it true that white card is for white balance? grey card for exposure?

  21. easyexposure says:
    December 16, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    @ImSuchASpecialGirl Thanks for a nice comment. I never really used Pentax,
    so I can’t tell you anything from my experience, but I hear that i should
    be a good entry level camera.

  22. olkim kimberland says:
    December 16, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    White balance works with light’s temperature, not intesity…so it must not
    be a problem 🙂

  23. hamad alhasoon says:
    December 16, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    GREAT … GREAT …. GREAT …. THANK YOU. FROM SAUDI ARABIA

  24. Andy Zhou says:
    December 16, 2014 at 11:24 pm

    Suprisingly I use the same camera as you. Cool.

  25. Kim van Oers says:
    December 17, 2014 at 12:03 am

    Oh sorry and with snowlandscapes the camera will normally underexpose. But
    if we custom set the white balance with white sheet of paper won’t the
    camera think it should underexpose? I understand custom setting with a gray
    card but not with a white sheet of paper!

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