The Canon Magazine 31
WB – Cool WB – Warm WB – Standard
Going darker
For this portrait shot lit only by
the low non-direct sunlight from the
window, we under-exposed by –1-stop
to, again, expose for the skin tones
facing the light, this has helped the
rest of the room remain darker.CANON SKILLS
Manually setting your
white balanceThere are several reasons why
you should generally shoot Raw,
and one is the ability to alter the
white balance setting of your
images post-shoot. Different
kinds of light have different colour
temperatures, which are
measured in degrees Kelvin.
Daylight at midday is around
5500K, for example, but typical
household lighting is around
3000K, so the light is ‘warmer’ or
more yellow (although the value is
lower). When you’re shooting,your Canon cameras’s white
balance settings aim to neutralize
the colour casts produced by
different types of light, to produce
accurate-looking colours. Learn to
manually select a preset, such as
Daylight, or dial in a number in
Kelvin on your camera.The above photos
were taken at
different white
balances to show
how it effects
the colour
temperature of
your images