Use the White Balance Setting on Digital Camera
Ever taken an image of a pretty winter scene and been disappointed to learn the crisp, white snow came out with a bluish hint? This is the type of situation your digital camera’s white balance is designed to stop. The white balance is a sensor that researches the lighting conditions and colours of a scene and adjusts so that the white in the picture appears white. This helps insure the other colours appear as natural as is possible. This is one advantage digital photography has over convention film. If that changes, you want to either change your film or hope that you can fix any mistakes in post-production. Most digicams permit you to use either automated white balance, or select between 1 or 2 preset conditions like full sun, clouded day and so on. Automated white balance will work in most conditions.
There could be times, however when you wish to “warm” up a picture to improve the colour, for example for portraits or sunsets. The right way to do that is set your camera’s white balance to “cloudy”. This could deepen the colours and add a glowing quality to portraits. Keep notes till you’ve got a smart idea of what each setting does.
In time, you’ll come to instantly sense which setting is the best for your own situation. Make it your pal and you won’t have to fret about faded sunsets or blue snow.
Source: Digital Cameras