Monday, November 28, 2016

white balance

blog question: In your own words, please explain what color temperature is. What is white balance? What color is outside lighting vs. inside lighting? Why is it important to white balance your camera?

Color temperature is the appearance of light provided by some sort of energy, sun or light bulb for example. It is measured on the Kelvin scale, 5,500 K for daylight and 3,200 K for tungsten. This changes during the time of day or type of light your using. Day light shines blue, so the camera knows to add orange. Indoors shoots in orange, so blue is added. It is important to white balance your camera because it makes the picture look natural.

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