How To Set White Balance - Mike Browne
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- čas přidán 16. 10. 2012
- You need to know how to set your white balance so you're photos are the correct colour. It's the first step in a colour managed workflow. So why is White balance so important?
Light has many different colours. Even daylight changes colour as we go from warm reds around sunrise, through cooler colours at mid day and back to red again round sunset. If it's cloudy the light will be blue and in sunshine it'll have a yellow content. Shade is similar to cloud in it's blueishness (think I just invented that word) and domestic light can be all sorts of colours.
White balance is measured in degrees Kelvin which give you what's called your colour temperature. You don't really need to worry about the numbers, but I think it's interesting to know white balance and how it's measured begins in a blacksmith's forge! See our white balance film at www.photographycourses.biz/whi... to see for yourself.
By setting your white balance for the light that's falling onto your subject your camera will get the colours closer to being accurate which means less time spent fiddling with settings in a photo editor like Photoshop.
In this video we'll take some pictures and show you how to set your white balance for different lighting situations - and what happens when you don't. - Jak na to + styl
You're welcome. As technology is advancing the 'magic' setting is probably getting closer but it's not here yet. And anyway - no matter how magic the setting is image quality wise as photographers we still have to understand how to use light, focal lengths and composition to make great images. NO camera can do that for us. :-)
Thank you very much for your kind words. Please help us keep making these films by Liking them on Facebook and Google + and sharing them with everyone. best wishes.. Mike
Mike, you are the only one pro photographer lecturer on the internet who is actually photographing, teching exceptionally efficiently and not just talking about techs and numbers ;)
Thanks Steve. I’m delighted they are helping. Please help me make more videos by sharing them with other photographers on forums etc.- MIKE :-)
So cool you're pursuing your dream. Life's too short not to! Thanks for your comments. And please say Hi to Chile for me until i get a chance to come say it myself. Travelling South America is one of my dreams....
Thanks so much for the videos. I'm retired and recently purchased a Nikon D3200. All of my past photographic experience has been with point and shoot cameras on auto settings. Your videos have been an enormous help to me.
than you +Thomas Lewis we are delighted it helped to bring back your passion on photography! it's never too late to learn few tricks! - MELISSA ( for Mike )
I learned the most when you were giving real examples of different lighting and taking pictures. I've struggled with Tungsten lighting but now feel more confident to address in future pictures. I really didn't notice the blues in outside lighting until you showed some really precise and clear examples. The pictures of the plant with mixed lighting was especially helpful.
Thanks R. Todd Gibson
Mike I have to say of all the video's on CZcams you are by far are the best at explaining the different topics!! A new subscriber here... thank you so much for the time it takes to make these, and if you ever decided to write a book please let us know, and also add it to kindle hehe.. I'll be one of the first to buy!! :)
Thank you Linda T - I have three e-book courses available as PDFs on my website at www.photographycourses.biz/photography_courses.html
Thank you. Yes learn the basics because they're really all you need - the rest will grow from there. I can't advise on either of these cameras because I've never used them. Have a look on some forums etc and see what people are saying....
+ZhekaTrololo Set the white balance for the colour of the light the subject you're photographing is in. However you may still need to do some adjustment in post because cameras don't 'see' colours the same as our eyes do.
Great tip, specially the one in the end about going Black and White :)
Mike you have been a great friendly help for small little doubts & queries which otherwise we couldn't have found anywhere else in such simple way , cheers buddy
Philipp Weimer Use "Specific White Balance" on your Digital SLR and it will take the X-Mean Average of Light between Cloudy and Incandescent Lighting without NO need for any Black and White Photoshop custom balancing!!!!
Mike, could you show us how to do the white balance on a JVC 600?
I can try to follow the fundamentals of this video but I think it may be different in the JVC 600
Thank you. Tricky situation. Flash is one colour and tungsten light another so there'll always be two different colours going on and you can only WB for one of them. However you can put a tungsten coloured gel over the flash so it produces yellow light so everything is lit with the same colour and then white balance for that.
Hey Mike,just stumbled across your site, and it is great.This is the first time I have sent any comments to any site. I have subscribed and will continue to watch your clear and simplified videos.In just 2 videos, you have cleared up some question I had. continued success in all your future endeavours
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Thank you Mike for these great tutorials, I'm absolutely addicted to them :)
Thanks - hope you don't end up in a rehab clinic - MIKE ;-)
I am in love with your tutorials .. it’s so natural and explained in very easy terms. Thank you !
You are superlative at taking an abstract and complex subject and making it so easy to understand that an eight year old can comprehend it. GREAT job.
Thanks Jacob Roberts
Since I saw your 1st video back doing a review of the Canon 60D, I have found that you are the most informative and in language people can understand.
very clear explanations! I always preset my white balance as AWB, now I will try to set white balance based on different situations to give consistent and nice photo colours and not just depending on auto white balance. thank you so much!
Thanks Ziwei Goh - have fun..
Hi , in video, you are always to perform a WB whenever the light changes, even if the placement of 3 point light changes.
I took some (old, analog) photography classes when I was at School and fell in love with it.
Ten years leater, life set me in the path of my dream (And I am pursuing it) But man, your videos have tought me all about the digital stuff, and before watching them I was kind of frightened about it, now I'm practicing everyday and taking better and better pics! Thanks a lot, and greetings from Chile!!!
Just bought my first DSLR this week. Started on the manual settings. Steep learning curve, but lots of fun too. Your video's are informative and well explained. Thanks.
I usually blend my photos or if I took just one photo and I like how it came out I work with the color balance picker grab color from the white of the (in this case the bowl) and work with the slider if I need to . And yes WB is a pain but when you get it right , the pictures look amazing. Thanks for this vidoe Mike Browne
Mike, I have to say that this is one of the best videos on White balance settings I have ever watched. I appreciate and thank you for such a useful and most important info.
thank you across the world- please do share it too so we can make more! - Melissa pp Mike
Best video I've watched on WB. Thanks for making it easy and simple to understand.
Hi Mike!
Your tutorials are great, Just sold my NEX-5 and purchased a D90+18-105mm. You have helped me learn a lot. I like the way you present your videos. Straight to the point!
I'm a newbie in photography and I appreciate this really well. I love the sense of humour at the end of the video. Thanks!
Thanks christian cortez
Thank you so much Mike. Your videos are so helpful and easy to understand. You're a great teacher.
Thank you for the tutorial. the examples with flower and a plant next to a window really helped me to understand the white balance.
This was extremely helpful for me, thanks a lot Mike.
Another brilliant piece. I love your tutorials.
You're a great presenter mate. Mike, You explain things in an easy to understand manner. Really helpful. Cheers for putting up these videos.
Stumbled across your channel after searching for camera reviews. Have watched about 5 videos on succession (and subscribed!). many thanks for the excellent material. Really easy to understand and straight to the point. You are a good teacher.
Second video of yours that I have watched in a row. Well done, easy to understand and follow. Subscribed. Thanks!
Thank you Ross Kosa - Please help me grow the channel by sharing the videos here, on Facebook, forums etc so I can make more films.. :-)
I just finished Block 7 of the 7 Building Blocks course today Mike..awesome course ( and a lot of work when you actually do the exercises :) )..so obviously had to watch this video again ..great stuff ! I've had numerous beginners ask me where to start with photography..I always tell them that everything that I have learned is from Mike Browne..thanks again
Great to hear Dan! Hopefully I'll see you on a workshop one day...
oh my god I really got super excited about the videos ..i,ve been watching them continiouously since morning..more than 6 hours..you are brilliant in explianing..choosing differentnet spaces, energetic scenes and spots..thank you
Thanks Par ka, please share any videos you find particularly helpful, it helps s make more - CHRISTINA :-)
Thank you Par ka - MIKE :-)
Dear Mike, I really love your tutorial. I say, your are my online teacher of photography. thank you a lot.
Clear and to the point. Easily the best tutorial I have seen on this topic. Cheers
Great video. Clearly explained with good examples. Went out and tested it myself and really noticed a difference. Thanks again for posting these videos. They are very informative and useful. Defiantly worth a watch.
Thanks Ben. Delighted they are helping. Please share them around - it helps me make more of them - MIKE
Hi Mike. just loved this tutorial. In a very simple manner with lots of illustration you explained this rather complicated topic. Subscribed..
THE FIRST CZcamsR who makes me understand
very good teacher
in all the years iv had youtube. i have never subscripted to ANY channel untill this video
Wow thank you Rachid, happy you subscribed :) please do check all our videos here @ www.photographycourses.biz/videos - Melissa pp Mike
Thanks rachid. Apprieciate your comment... MIKE
Thank you, My pleasure :)
Amazing! You made this topic very simple! Thanks a lot! This deserves a subscription
It's pretty good explanation. thank you so much for sharing the knowledge.
Thats really good help thanks so much. Im a videographer rather than photographer. So il def have a good play around with white balance on my video cam next time..
Another great learning video. I thought i knew about white balance but this lesson showed there is more to it. Thanks for all the great videos Mike!
Thank you Peter Wikvist Please help me grow the channel and make more free vids by sharing them here, on Facebook, forums etc :-)
Thanks so much for the videos, sir Mike
first time seeing your videos. I am thoroughly enjoying them. No messing around,just plain and simple. I logged on 4 hours ago and I am still on. And I love the wedding cake tip. And best of all, after months of researching an upgrade I have choosen the D300( 2nd hand) amd am delighted it's your camera.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoy my videos
Hello Mike. This video makes understanding of WB simple with the sample footage. I never understood we need a different WB for direct sunlight and shade. That was a good catch for me in this video. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
You can use a grey card for white balance too. But make sure it's a photographic grey card so there's no colour content. Some greys have a colour cast and that will mess up your White balance.
Great tutorial on white balance! Mike your a excellent teacher, thanks!!
Hey Mike THANKS A LOT for all your awesome videos you are so good in explaining all this "rocket science" for all us beginners into this wonderful world of colors. i wish i could have a teacher like you to school me for a whole month in how to get the best out of my camera.
best regards
Thomas from Denmark
thank you +lytken for the kind words, and indeed Mike has a gift on teaching! - Melissa pp Mike
Thank you +lytken - MIKE
Nice explanation and nice to see comparisons straight away. Thank you
Love ur videos. What are your thoughts on using kelvin or even an white balance tool like expodisc?
Thanks Sumit Aggarwal . You can use whichever method of white balance you prefer. I find discs too fiddly so I usually use a white card as ref shot then copy WB settings across in Lightroom.
Hi Mike, your videos are amazing. Thanks a lot
If I am shooting in RAW, can I stick to AWB and fix it later on with the editing software available instead of bothering my self with this setting a lot, specially that I am shooting in different places at the same time (like trips) and I don't want to miss the moment adjusting the settings on the camera ?
Again.......very informative.....your videos always help so much......THANKS!
Thank you - Mike
I absolutely love your videos. very well explained. thank you
Thanks Alter Ego - CHRISTINA
Best video for showing how WB works. Excellent job, I've learned a lot.
excellent explanation but what should i do if i want to make realistic photo - picture exactly like it was in life (with all colors and tones as it was, with no correction - as it was seen by my eyes)?
what settings i need to use?
Just found your tutorial videos and watched in the last 3-4 days..
100% absolutely for sure..i click the subscribe button!!!
Thank you dini pratiwi. Happy to help. Please help me make more of them by sharing them around on forums, social media etc... MIKE :-)
Same here Mike, not a newbie but this really urges me to shoot more. As I have hit a creative roadblock of some sort!
Thanks again, and more power!
Hi Mike. Although not a newbie, I love watching your videos. I am a big fan actually. Keep it up mate
Excellent explanation, thank you very much!!!
Love your videos pal. Kind regards from Valencia.
Fantastic video Mike!-Thanks For that
i just bought a GH3 micro four thirds camera (mainly for filming) not having really any experience with these types of cameras ( i know yours are DSLR) i find your videos BRILLIANT !
things are so much clearer now, its 4:00 am, and i have been watching you for hours.. cant thank enough mate :>)
you are a very good presenter too.
Thank You
Mike! Thank you so much for all of these videos. You explain things so slowly and properly so that an idiot like me could understand. Thanks for the lessons
You're welcome +ItsRud1 please help me make more by sharing them around. And I'm sure you are NOT and idiot - MIKE
This was a fantastic video - very clear explanations with great set-up/examples to show the concept. I have enjoyed all of your videos so far Mike! Do you have one on using ND or fader filters?
Fabulous clarity! Thank you!
Thank you - plenty more here...www.photographycourses.biz/courses/online-photography-course
There are good teachers and there is you a great techer, I so enjoy your instuctural videos, please keep up the good work.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you!
Questions:
- Just last week I was at my son's soccer game where 3/4 of the field was sunny (late afternoon).. however where I was standing it was shady.
These photos that I took were dark or darker.. even though they boys were in the sunny part of the field. Pictures where they were in the shade were terrible.. really dark.
- Because the boys are in and out of the sun but I was in the shade, How should I have set this? I was using a Canon T3i with kit lens 55-250mm.
Thanks YakMan NC You had every photographers nightmare. There are a couple of possible solutions. 1 you adjust the exposure for action in sun and shade as the boys run between them, but there'll be problems when half are in sun and half in shade. What I would do is shoot RAW, find an exposure that holds maximum data in sun and shade (probably a U shaped histogram) then pull shadows up and highlights down when processing the RAWS. You'd still have to be alert to changes in light levels whilst shooting and adjust exposure as and when needed.
I think the easiest way is to do it in Photoshop afterwards if it's that crucial. Take two shots from a tripod at two white balanced then blend them. Or set up lighting of all one colour which would mean placing lights outside the window as well as inside. Trying to line up different shaped filters would be a nightmare.
I love the way you explain everything so easy to understand love it ur a legend
thank you +amora beauty - Melissa pp Mike
Fantastic channel! So helpful!
LOL - The old Black & White trick never fails. Another great video, thanks for sharing!
Good Photographer and a Good Teacher.
Good Luck !
Hi. Thank you. I think your tutorial is one of the best. Easy to understand even for someone new like myself. Thank you from Malaysia.
Great explanation of white balance Mike, I have my camera on AWB so this is something I obviously need to change, thank you. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the information, it's the first time it has made total sense to me!
Thanks for telling me ***** - I love it when the light goes on for someone as they 'get' a new idea or concept
Thanks Mike..great video
You can but you're making work for yourself because the auto WB will keep changing even when you're in the same light source because it doesn't measure the colour of the light, it measures the colour of the photo. so if you photograph something blue then something red chances are the auto WB will be different on each image so both will need correcting. Set one WB, correct the first photo in sequence then copy the settings across all the others is easier and quicker.
Awesome entertaining story on the most difficult thing in digital photogtraphy I found so far...except shooting at 1/10-1/5 without tripod...
Hello Mike , very nice presentation. Good language and I like it. Thank you.
Thanks Srinivasan Madu Sampathkumar - CHRISTINA :-)
hi Mike,. Finding your no-nonsense, easy to follow and informative vids quite helpful, keep it up! Although im only an amateur and not everythings sunk in yet. Im contemplating getting a Nikon 3100d, but im swayed to the Canon 1100EOS too; is there much difference? would like to get into infa red photography with filters it looks amazing the things you can do, but I suppose Ill just learn the basics first. Have a great weekend Mike.
Most excellent explanation, thanks a ton Mike! Subscribed! :)
🙏 Sangeetha KP. ... MIKE
Now I understand the use of WB, big thanks.
White Balancing very nicely explained. Thanks.
Great videos Mike easly explained.
GREAT tip for solving the problem! B/W! This saved my day as I had a similar problem, thanks Mike!
Enjoyed the video, thank you. Was particularly pleased to see a "tricky" situation where there is no easy answer!
Thanks jjfrombaroosh - there's plenty of those in photography :-/
Thank you. Would be great to meet you some day... Mike
Excellent video,many thanks.Certainly help simplify things for me.I think sometimes its good to hear that depending on light conditions there is no way to get the perfect image straight out the camera.I am guilty of looking for that "magic" setting...keep up the excellent vids.Thanks again
Mike thank you for all you informative lessons,i think your a great teacher, as a novice your videos have helped me so much,keep up the good work..... Aussie Dan
Thank you, sir. You helped me understand white balance
Great tutorial Mike. When faced with them outdoor/indoor shots, (like the cake picture) you can use flash gels to match the white balance of the outside.
Great video Mike, White balance was always something that I couldn't get to grips with, always just used auto! Very glad you've stopped using CZcams's image stabilisation, it messes with your eyes!
It sure does lukew5555 - won't be using that again.. Glad the video helped - MIKE :-)
Good tips, easy for the beginner's to follow
Sir you are awesome , the way you explain these topic and tips are really great , thank you for doing this
ah! thank you for the kind words! - please do share our vids so we can make more! Melissa pp Mike
An absolutely great video. Very clear and informative. What camera is that, that you're using?
lesson of the day.. if theres nothing more you can do... make it black and white... youre a genius mike... love your videos
I never knew ... thanks for that~! Much appreciated.
My pleasure Aussie Dan :-)