Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

Overview

“I bet you have wondered yourself, upon taking a picture, why is the sunset not as gold as it looked, why is snow bluish rather than white, or even why does your skin look yellowish. That’s because the white balance in your camera wasn’t set correctly. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: White Balance, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization. Master basic camera skills, explore photography theory, and capture unique images using any type of camera.

Partial transcription of the video

“White Balance. In this lesson I'm going to talk about the color temperature of the light and I'm going to teach you how to properly set the white balance. Did you ever take a picture of the snow, and the snow didn't look really white but kind of bluish? Or did you ever take a picture of a sunset and it didn't look as gold on the picture as it did in reality? Well, probably, the white balance wasn't set correctly. You know that magic time at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day, when the light it's almost gold? It's actually called the golden hour, and that's because the light ...”

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Course summary for: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 3584 students
• 7 units
• 92 lessons (14h 16m)
• 37 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Color Theory, Digital Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photographic Composition, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography