Shot on AUTO setting:
Shot on Tungsten setting:
Just a little backround on my photography history-
I have always been obsessed with photographs. They capture time. The are permanent (or not so permanent) memories that can be handed down for generations. I took Black & White photography in high school. I used my dad's old 35mm Minolta film camera. We developed our own film in the light room at the school. We learned all about aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. Everything was fully manual back then. Unfortunately, I forgot all of what I learned when I moved away from home and started using a cheap point and shoot film camera (later upgrading to a cheap point and shoot digital camera). I was a photographer at a portrait studio (cookie cutter but higher end?). That really didn't require much knowledge because the had studio lights and you didn't have to ever adjust anything except for the subjects. I did learn a little about composition from that, but it was basic portrait composition and nothing all that creative. So now I find myself trying to relearn all that I once learned about SLRs. It is hard when the camera comes with a brain so you don't have to think. I am the type of person who wants to shoot it right with the camera so it doesn't have to be tweaked on the computer. I want my Photoshop abilities to be used for customizing, not fixing. So you might think I am a bit OCD at some point, but it's really that I firmly believe if it's not done right, it shouldn't be done at all!
Yes, but how do you adjust the white balance?
ReplyDeleteYou can set the white balance in your camera depending on the type of light you are in while shooting (shade, tungsten(inside), florescent, shade, sun...). Please consult your camera's manual for instructions as they are different on each type. On my camera you push the function button on the back of the camera and then go use the arrows to select WB (white balance), then use the arrows to select the type of light I am shooting in. I have a Pentax. There may be a WB button on your camera?
ReplyDeleteYou can also do this in your photo editing software you can adjust it after you have taken the picture. In Photoshop you can do this in Image- Adjustments- Levels. When the Levels window pops up there are some droppers in it- black, gray, and white. If there is a true white in the picture you click on the white dropper and then click on the TRUE white in the picture. It will throw things way off if it isn't truly white. You can also set a true black or neutral gray doing the same thing with the black and gray droppers. I am not sure how this translates to GIMP. It is really best to get it right in camera and then fine tune it later if needed.
Got it! Thanks!
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