I have recently purchased a new set of Photoshop actions from Gavin Seim – check out my previous Baby Pic post to see the impact of the B&W action. It is really cool stuff – and you can buy it here.
Rick
span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:13px;”span style=”font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:Tahoma;”span style=”font-size:130%;”span style=”font-size:78%;” span style=”color: rgb(102, 255, 255);”br /br /Most modern digital cameras give you the ability to alter the White Balance setting on your camera. Why is this important? Because it tells the camera what combination of red, green and blue is pure white. The wrong setting can produce unwanted colour casts in your image.br /br /Much of the time the Auto white balance setting will do a good job of rendering accurate colours – but there are many situations where altering your white balance will result in an improved images. Ordinary household lights are incandescent bulbs – and the camera will do a better job if you change the setting to Incandescent.br /br /Most common options:br /br /Sunny/Daylightbr /br /Cloudy/overcastbr /br /Shadebr /br /Fluorescent/Office lightingbr /br /Incandescent/house bulbsbr /br /Flashbr /br /Dig out your camera manual – and find out how to change the white balance setting. It will be normally be a straightforward process.br /br /And finally… Don’t forget to check your white balance before every shoot or you will end up with some odd looking shots!br /br /For a more in-depth discussion of white balance and colour temperature – click on title of this post.br /br /More soonbr /br /Rick
Most modern digital cameras give you the ability to alter the White Balance setting on your camera. Why is this important? Because it tells the camera what combination of red, green and blue is pure white. The wrong setting can produce unwanted colour casts in your image.
Much of the time the Auto white balance setting will do a good job of rendering accurate colours – but there are many situations where altering your white balance will result in an improved images. Ordinary household lights are incandescent bulbs – and the camera will do a better job if you change the setting to Incandescent.
Most common options:
Sunny/Daylight
Cloudy/overcast
Shade
Fluorescent/Office lighting
Incandescent/house bulbs
Flash
Dig out your camera manual – and find out how to change the white balance setting. It will be normally be a straightforward process.
And finally… Don’t forget to check your white balance before every shoot or you will end up with some odd looking shots!
For a more in-depth discussion of white balance and colour temperature – click on title of this post.
More soon
Rick
span style=”font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:Tahoma;” span style=”font-size:130%;”span style=”font-size:78%;”br /span style=”color: rgb(102, 255, 255);”br /One of the single great advantages of the digital camera is the ability to delete! Professionals do not achieve the ‘money’ shot by taking one image – take as many as you can and just bin the ones that don’t work! br /br /Because you only want to be storing the best shots on your memory card – delete in camera often! 2GB memory cards are now more than affordable at about £20 and are more than large enough for most people.br / br /When shooting groups – taking a lot of shots is vital to avoid ‘blinkers’ and people not looking at the camera…br /br /More soonbr /br /Rick
One of the single great advantages of the digital camera is the ability to delete! Professionals do not achieve the ‘money’ shot by taking one image – take as many as you can and just bin the ones that don’t work!
Because you only want to be storing the best shots on your memory card – delete in camera often! 2GB memory cards are now more than affordable at about £20 and are more than large enough for most people.
When shooting groups – taking a lot of shots is vital to avoid ‘blinkers’ and people not looking at the camera…
More soon
Rick
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