It is because of these variations in color that many indoor photographs simply don??™t look
natural. Your camera has a way to adjust for these different light sources. Called white balance,
it will help you to make sure that you get natural colors in your pictures regardless of what kind
of artificial light you use. If you find that the automatic white balance setting in your camera
gives you unpredictable results, then be sure to read the next section and manually adjust your
camera??™s white balance before every indoor photographic session.
Correct Images with White Balance
As I mentioned, you can adjust your digital camera??™s white balance. White balance is important
because different light sources have different color temperatures, meaning that a scene will
appear to have a slightly different color tone depending on how it is illuminated.
You have probably noticed this yourself without really even paying attention. You may have
seen, for instance, that ordinary light bulbs appear more yellow than the light that streams in
from outdoors. And other sources??”like candlelight and fluorescent lighting??”are certainly a
very different color than sunlight.
Photographers and scientists have gone to the trouble of cataloging the different color
temperatures exhibited by various light sources.
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