Lately I have been trying to wrap my head around white balance. I think I may have a little better understanding of it. I mean it seems pretty basic but I wasn't sure how to get a perfect white balance reading (do I use a gray card or white? What is a digital gray card and is it really different from a regular gray card? etc) Anyways, After Kevin Ames' presentation (lighting demo) on Wednesday at WPPI I decided to conduct a little white balance experiment. In his demo he showed how he adjusts the white balance in Adobe Lightroom, after he shoots. Honestly the less amount of time spent working on the computer the better off I am. I find it's this stage that stagnates me. Okay, I dread it! I upload my photos and then never look at them again, mainly because working on the computer bores me, but also because I don't know how to use those fancy programs. So this is my attempt to figure out the best way to get correct white balance.
I shot the custom white balance using white foam core (rather than a gray card). I think the auto white balance was surprisingly accurate, however there have been other times where it seemed pretty off. These were shot with window light on an overcast day.
