How to Take a White Balance for Outdoor Portraits

The concept of color balance or neutral balance in photography is universally called "white balance." With digital technology you can set the white balance on your camera so that your pictures will turn out well in all light. Nevertheless, you may still need to do some work afterward to adjust the pictures with image editing programs. However, if you take a white balance before you start shooting your portraits you will have more accurate colors and will save hours from editing. Indoors, you can use a white wall. Most photographers prefer to use a gray card outdoors.

Instructions

1

Ask the person whose portrait you are making to hold the collapsible gray card with the gray side facing the camera.

2

Fill the frame of your camera with the gray card.

3

Press the shutter and shoot.

4

Use this shot as your white balance while making portraits in that spot as the camera will register it as its preset.

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The concept of color balance or neutral balance in photography is universally called "white balance." With digital technology you can set the white balance on your camera so that your pictures will turn out well in all light. Nevertheless, you may still need to do some work afterward to adjust the pictures with image editing programs. However, if you take a white balance before you start shooting your portraits you will have more accurate colors and will save hours from editing. Indoors, you can use a white wall. Most photographers prefer to use a gray card outdoors.

Instructions

1

Ask the person whose portrait you are making to hold the collapsible gray card with the gray side facing the camera.

2

Fill the frame of your camera with the gray card.

3

Press the shutter and shoot.

4

Use this shot as your white balance while making portraits in that spot as the camera will register it as its preset.

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