Digital Photographer

CUSTOMISE WHITE BALANCE

Guarantee perfect colour by tailoring white balance to each shoot

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CHOOSE AUTO SETTING Auto white balance can have mixed results, due to the lack of control. however, on some cameras, it is possible to produce a more precise colour balance by using scene-specific auto – for example, nikon’s keep Warm colours setting complement­s skin tone.

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BESPOKE PRESETS White balance presets offer a quick method of telling the camera how to match colour. For greater precision and to reduce workload in post-production, adjust the colour balance of each preset for your desired result, depending on the subject and setting.

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DEFINE CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE

For neutral colour you can create a new preset for the current lighting condition. shoot a frame-filling image of a white balance target or a grey card (or neutral grey wall). Then use your camera’s white balance menu to select that image as a reference.

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FINELY TUNED

PRESET WB SETTINGS OFFER CONVENIENC­E, BUT TAKING CONTROL WITH CUSTOMISAT­ION GIVES THE PHOTOGRAPH­ER A GREATER CHANCE OF REALISING THEIR PREVISUALI­SED COLOUR BALANCE

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