Basic Photography - What is White Balance for
Different lighting conditions can produce different color casts effects. Because of this, there are several different classification of light conditions namely:
1. Daylight lighting
2. Tungsten lighting (studio)
3. Infrared lighting
4. Florescent lighting
These differing conditions can produce different color casting effect. For example, Florescent lighting will overlay a green cast.
The easiest way to deal with the color cast problem is to set the digital camera’s White Balance to auto mode.
Additionally, the White Balance can be used to not faithfully capture the actuality of the lighting condition, but to produce desired color casting. Color casting can be used to create different moods and thus experimentation in this area can produce some interesting results.
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