Camera Setup - White Balance
White balance makes the camera see what your eyes see. Our eyes see colors relatively, so black is black and white is white no matter it's under the sun, during the sunset time, under tungsten, fluorescent, or flash light, but camera sees different color because we see lights relatively and a camera sees lights in absolute color.
The light under cloud or in the shade is actually bluish. When you set up white balance to shade or cloud, the camera actually shift the color to warmer (red).
How can take advantage of (or abuse) this setup character? When you shoot sunset, you want the warm tone, in another words, you want the sunset to be as red as possible. So switch camera's white balance to shade, and you will find your image looks warmer and the sky is much more attractive.
Coupled with landscape style (not orientation landscape), it will make the image much better than you see with your own eyes.
Sometimes I use temperature setting, and I find 8500 degree gives a warmer image. Along with a little saturation, you'll get that image making people say "Wow!"
Read MoreThe light under cloud or in the shade is actually bluish. When you set up white balance to shade or cloud, the camera actually shift the color to warmer (red).
How can take advantage of (or abuse) this setup character? When you shoot sunset, you want the warm tone, in another words, you want the sunset to be as red as possible. So switch camera's white balance to shade, and you will find your image looks warmer and the sky is much more attractive.
Coupled with landscape style (not orientation landscape), it will make the image much better than you see with your own eyes.
Sometimes I use temperature setting, and I find 8500 degree gives a warmer image. Along with a little saturation, you'll get that image making people say "Wow!"
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