Lighting with Natural Light for Beginners
White balance
A course by Zony Maya , Photographer
About the video: White balance
Overview
“Now let's know what the white balance is. We will also learn to adjust the light from the camera's controls, so that it does not have color tendencies.”
In this video lesson Zony Maya addresses the topic: White balance, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lighting with Natural Light for Beginners. Learn to make the most of sunlight to create portraits with your reflex camera.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now we will see the white balance. Here we will see how to change the settings of your camera so that the light turns white. Let's see. Our eyes are used to reading that all the lights that exist are converted to white light. Remember how, in the previous lesson, we saw that there are different types of light colors. There is light red, orange, yellow, blue, light blue and there is also white light. All these colors of light our eyes always see it or transform it into white. And how do they do it? We have some filters in the eyes. And they allow us to make all those lights turn white. That'...”
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Course summary for: Lighting with Natural Light for Beginners
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Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography
Zony Maya
A course by Zony Maya
Zony Maya is a Mexican photographer and visual artist. He has a degree in communication from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Escuela Activa de Fotografía, and la Academia de Artes Visuales, and is passionate about using photography and video to create his projects.
He received a FONCA grant and a Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship as well as a master's degree in photography, video, and media from the School of Visual Arts New York. His work has been exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Manifesta 11 European Biennial of Contemporary Art in Switzerland, and the XIII Bienal de Fotografía at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico.
He has collaborated with brands such as Nestlé, Bimbo, Puma, GNP, and Palacio de Hierro, along with publications such as National Geographic, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Glamour, and Gatopardo. He currently shares his knowledge through workshops and conferences in different countries across America, Asia, and the Middle East. He is also an ambassador for Canon and founder of the Maya-Barrón Scholarship.
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