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What's your white balance "technique"?


12 years 10 months ago #95423 by 135 Mark
I've noticed a lot of tutorial material has conflicting advice on handling white balance settings. Some recommend you dial in a custom white balance with a grey card or similar static reference for every new environment you shoot in. Some suggest you just use one of the camera preset white balance settings that best suits your shooting environment unless you're getting poor results, or using gels, etc.

Do you set a custom white balance every time you shoot in a new environment/ have a change of light source, or do you just rely on one of your camera's presets?
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12 years 10 months ago #95449 by Xplod
I use the presets. I'm still new to photography, so I have not played around with any other type of white balance.
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12 years 10 months ago #95479 by Johnnie
I am currently using the WhiBal Studio Card. I will use it as a custom balance as well as incorporate it in one of my shots to get correct color balance when shooting in raw. There are many devices to use. I selected the WhiBal because of the reviews.
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12 years 10 months ago #95537 by S5m13
I set my white balance on Auto, shoot raw and adjust in PP.
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12 years 10 months ago #95543 by Nikonjan
It depends on what i am doing. If I'm using flash I usually set it to the flash setting or with people do a white balane with card. I always shoot RAW so can tweek them if need to. I do use Auto a lot but it usually gives more of a bluer tint. Just play with the settings, try custom and see what works best for you on your camera.
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12 years 10 months ago #95615 by photobod
In the studio I always use a grey card so that skin tones dont change when zooming in and out, outside I tend to set it depending on the type of day it is.
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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #95635 by Henry Peach
If I'm indoors shooting flash under tungsten lighting I usually put CTO gel on the flash, and set the WB to tungsten (that rarely results in the right WB, but it looks better on the LCD than leaving it on auto WB). I shoot raw, and adjust WB to taste in processing. In almost all other shooting conditions I leave the WB set to auto. I'm usually interested in aesthetically pleasing WB rather than accurate WB, so adjusting by eye on a calibrated monitor works better for me than worrying about getting it figured out on location.

EDIT: It just occurred to me that sometimes I do use the flash WB setting. Auto WB sometimes looks a bit cool on the LCD when I use flash outdoors. If I'm shooting for myself I don't worry about it, as I'll just adjust in the raw processor, but if I am occasionally showing the subjects the LCD I switch it to get warmer color.
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12 years 10 months ago #95739 by Rawley Photos
I've started using one of those ExpoDisc white balance filters. At first I was like how much difference can this make? Big difference. :thumbsup:
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12 years 10 months ago #95841 by effron

S5m13 wrote: I set my white balance on Auto, shoot raw and adjust in PP.


Bingo, we have a winner..............;)
Why so serious?
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