Introduction to Digital Photography in Manual Mode

Overview

“What is white balance? So how does this apply to photography? Have you ever taken a photo that came out looking too orange or blue? When you looked at the scene with your eyes, it probably didn’t look orange or blue. It looked normal. That’s because our brains compensate for different colour temperatures so that we just see normal colours.”

In this video lesson Debbie Castro addresses the topic: White Balance , which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Digital Photography in Manual Mode. Explore photography fundamentals and create stunning images by learning to control exposure, composition, and shutter speed.

Partial transcription of the video

“Have you ever taken an image and it turns out slightly blue or yellow? This is the effect of the wrong white balance. When you look at a scene with your eyes, it usually looks okay because our brains compensate for the color temperature and makes it look like a normal color. Different sources of light have different color temperatures. and this can affect the colors in an image. Color temperature is measured in the unit called Kelvin. And this is a physical property of light. Light can come from many different sources. It can be natural. or it can be artificial. What are some natural source...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Introduction to Digital Photography in Manual Mode

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (197)
• 8344 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 45m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Digital Photography, Photographic Composition, Photography