white balance

Different digital cameras have different ways of adjusting white balance so ultimately you’ll need to get out your camera’s manual out to work out the specifics of how to make changes.This manual adjustment is not difficult to do once you find where to do it in the menu on your camera and it’s well worth learning how to do it.In most cases you can get a pretty accurate result using the above preset white balance modes – but some digital cameras (most DSLRs and higher end point and shoots) allow for manual white balance adjustments also.The way this is used varies a little between models but in essence what you do is to tell your camera what white looks like in a shot so that it has something as a reference point for deciding how other colors should look.Shade – the light in shade is generally cooler (bluer) than shooting in direct sunlight so this mode will warm things up a little.Cloudy – this setting generally warms things up a touch more than ‘daylight’ mode.Auto – this is where the camera makes a best guess on a shot by shot basis. You’ll find it works in many situations but it’s worth venturing out of it for trickier lighting.