In the digital world, however, things are simpler. To control how your
camera “sees” color, you adjust its white-balance setting to match the color
temperature of the light. Digital SLRs have white-balance presets (like day-
light,incandescent,andfluorescent)oryoucancreateacustomwhite-balance
settings by taking a reading off a white card illuminated by the light source
you’ll be using.
Practical Example: Adding Variety with White Balance.Images2-14,
2-15, and2-16, all photographs of Brigitte, were shot to illustrate how a sim-
ple change in white balance or exposure will drastically change the effects of
your photographs. The lighting for this series was a very simple: a small soft
box was pointed directly at the model from about six feet away and angled
40 LIGHTING TECHNIQUES FOR PHOTOGRAPHING MODEL PORTFOLIOS
2-12, 2-13.Without changing the light-
ing, notice the huge change that adjust-
ing the white-balance setting makes in
the way all of the colors on this chart
are recorded.Create a custom
white-balance settings
by taking a reading off
a white card...