Comments on: Custom White Balance

By: susie sweetiepetitti

susie sweetiepetitti — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:58:41 +0000

Argh! This is one topic that befuddles me. I took out my book…and I found AWB, but that was as far as I got. I had a little Nikon that did great WB, and it died. Dang it. Pulling out the Canon…I will try!!!

By: Radhika

Radhika — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:49:18 +0000

What a great and informative post….now just to understand all that you’ve said! I take pictures with my ipad *blush*, because I’m always in a rush (too lazy) to get the camera out. But I shall try- soon, I promise 🙂
R

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:45:09 +0000

In reply to Lisa. Thank you, very much!!! :)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:33:28 +0000

In reply to Stacy.

Hi Stacy. I had trouble with my colors until I learned how to customize my white balance and purchased the gray cards. It made a huge difference in the colors in my photos. I will try to explain it without boring you so grab some coffee just in case I get carried away! LOL

The kelvin is a unit of measurement for temperature. Different light sources have different temperatures and different hues. The sun can measure around 5600k and a light bulb can measure around 3200k so you can see it is a very big difference. Usually the higher the temperature, the bluer the hue.

If you buy a gray card and customize your white balance, your purple will be purple! If you still have questions, email me at lisa@thebearfootbaker.com.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:47:10 +0000

How do you tackle taking photos of deep purple colors? Whenever I take pics involving purple shades , they end up having blue hues. It’s very frustrating looking at your beautifully decorated pieces that have such rich shades of purple only to look through the lens & the camera reads the purple tones as blue! Grrrr….Other than digitally retouching them, do you know of a way to adjust the settings so the richness of the purple tones come through? If you have any advice, please help! 🙂
Thank you!!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:14:34 +0000

In reply to Giselle. I am glad I could help! Sometimes my pictures had a yellow tint but now, my color are clear and crisp!! I am proud to wear my "Gray Card Necklace!"

By: Giselle

Giselle — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:10:26 +0000

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!! My pictures have came out less then okay in my book. I actually have this very camera and often wondered why sometimes pictures would come out great and sometimes not so great. I’m going to try this trick. Thanks so much for sharing.

By: susie

susie — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:13:19 +0000

Whoa…you should write manuals….so much simpler. My Canon sits in the bag, and my little camera with a white balance is the one I use…I can add and subtract red and blue to get the right color. Now, if I could figure out how to get more light! West Tennessee hasn’t been much sunnier, hotter I’m sure!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:33:17 +0000

I think I’m with LizzyB on this one…I need a ‘big girl’ camera! lol. But the stuff you go over here has already been a BIG help to me. Forever grateful!!

By: Lizy b

Lizy b — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:18:51 +0000

oh how I really need a big girl camera…..