How to Set In-Camera White Balance? | Ask David Bergman
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2024
- Today's question from Mo R. is, "Regarding white balance since most of us shoot in RAW, should we really care about changing the white balance mode on the camera, or just correct it in post-processing? Also, should we use a grey card, or is there no need since we can correct it in post? Thanks."
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00:00 Intro
01:17 What is white balance?
01:51 Color temperature
02:49 How does white balance work?
03:22 Auto white balance
03:43 Manual Kelvin setting
04:38 White balance in RAW and JPEG files
06:12 When to set white balance in-camera
07:24 Gray card for custom white balance
08:06 Outro
As Luke Combs' tour photographer since 2019, David Bergman has documented the historic rise of the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year both on stage and off. But that's only the latest in Bergman's own storied 30+ year career. He spent nearly a decade traveling the world with Bon Jovi and has toured with other artists including Barenaked Ladies, Sarah McLachlan, and Gloria Estefan. As a sports photographer, he covered numerous Olympics, Super Bowls, and World Series games, and has 13 Sports Illustrated covers to his credit. He's also photographed eight US Presidents, the Queen of England, and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. However, his proudest accomplishment is his work as a photo educator, where he has given back to the industry that has treated him so kindly. Through his unique "Shoot From the Pit" live concert workshops, Bergman has taught hundreds of aspiring music photographers in a real-world setting. His work as a Canon Explorer of Light, Adorama TH-cam host, and public speaker has also helped photographers around the world to advance their own photography skills.
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When I shoot a panorama, I like to lock everything; including white balance. It makes it easier to blend the photos together.
So I’ve had issues recently trying to photograph theater performance. The local high school recently had a renovation and they replaced all of the tungsten theatrical lighting with LED fixtures. With the old equipment, I got descent results by switching to tungsten. Whatever they were gelled to would render close enough to what it was supposed to be.
Now it seems like the base color changes with every different lighting cue. Of course a gray card is of limited value here because the lighting is generally meant to be colored. What should I do in this situation?
Thank you, David. I always appreciate your tips, as they are so helpful. Many thanks, Peter.🎉
Thank you David! And thank you Adorama. This is a very helpful video. And the information also removes the worries about dealing with white balance before in post work. Super video. )))
Thanks for watching!
I have tried using customs settings in the camera. My experience has not been great. I can see the point if you shoot many photos for a specific purpose. But RAW already has post-processing flexibility, as you pointed out. But a word of warning. Do NOT forget to return the settings after the shoot. Yes, I have had this experience. Seeing you forget the special setting can be a nasty surprise.
Good tip!
Thanks David.
Good explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
I read once in some books that picking the right WB in camera can also effect the length of the exposure sometimes (in night time photography). True scenario that I've struggled with is when I shot some panorama (360x180) in a closed space and the place was lit with CFL or mercury-vapor lights; in such work it is typical to set everything to manual in camera. I've set the WB to fluorescent but the final image was hard to control and had unpleasant color cast. Shot it again and before I start to work on the shoot, I've shot the "white" wall and set the image as my reference WB, and the final stitched image looked not bad. Only then, I've changed the WB in post-processing. Since then I've learned my lesson and I try to get the WB as accurate as possible just to avoid the extra work with color cast later on.
I do multi-shot panoramas all the time and still shoot Auto WB. I set it in the raw conversion however I want and export TIF or JPEG files to stitch together. Works well for me.
@@DavidBergmanPhoto oh yes, for me though I shot HDR panoramas all the time (mainly architectural) - few times when processing those EXRs and setting the WB in photomatix, things can turn ugly
Great topo thank you. Wouls have been perfect with the WB temp complement , the tint.
I use white balance when shooting my sister's textile art. She enters her work in shows, and they want photos that show her work, this includes workmanship as well as colours. I use a known light source, and I don't leave the colour rendition to my memory, I use a grey card and or a colour picker.
I am trying to learn more about photographing art, so your comment is helpful. Thanks!
My understanding is the in-camera histogram uses the JPEG. If the white balance is off too much the histogram may look good but can have a blown out channel when trying to correct it in the processing software. Also since the histogram is using the JPEG, if you use a picture style it can make the histogram look properly or over exposed but the RAW file can be underexposed. I have experienced both scenarios. This is why I pick a white balance and neutral picture style in camera. I shoot mostly landscapes.
That makes sense and definitely something to watch out for.
I prefer custom WB set in camera. It simplifies my post processing workflow and colors stay consistent throughout whole series of images (portraits in my case). I find when using AWB for portraits photos that have been shot seconds apart might have slightly different color when it comes to skin tone. I use Sony camera and that's how I "cook" those colors from Sony color science 😅
You, a camera professional, have to be kidding! 720P resolution? Makes my eyes tear on my 27" Ben-Q monitor. 1080P works. Normally I do thumbs down for this carelessness; but I'll watch it on the smaller screen with the glaring white background just for you. Might even give it a thumbs up, more than likely.
Another good reason to set the white balance is for that time when you forget to move the file format off JPG to RAW. I did that recently for a shoot where I decided to grab my camera at the last moment and forgot that I had last used it when I was testing out shooting negatives. I also forgot to change the white balance so it was not very successful!
Ouch. Maybe next time you want JPEGs, shoot RAW+JPEG so that way you're covered even if you forget to set it back. :)
I shoot RAW, and have AWB on. When I open the photos in LRC they seem to be one color and quickly change. Is that the application of the AWB? I would like to just see the pictures in the actual light I took them in.
That is LRC "processing" the raw file based on Adobe's interpretation. I believe it loads in the in-camera JPEG (the file used to view the image on the back screen display) and then loads in the RAW file as soon as it can. Really no way around it since that how Adobe thinks you images should look. You could shoot JPEGs (I'd recommend RAW+JPEG so you still have a raw file) and those should look the same as when you shot them. Or you could use the camera manufacturer's program (Canon's is Digital Photo Professional) to do your RAW conversions and they should be pretty close to the in-camera JPEG.
As always, a good video. I find the value of shooting a gray card questionable in concerts, stage performances or any other setting where the lighting changes (in intensity as well as color). I've done it any to sort of act as a gauge but it's really just a ballpark of limited value.
Unless you're photographing someone in a consistent spotlight and can get a white balance in that same light at some point. I've shot thousand of concerts and have never done that though. :)
I tend to use AWB-W if I'm indoors and AWB outdoors. Does Canon only gave this option? It's one less thing to worry about when shooting in fast paced situations. I'm always in RAW, but it does help save time if you shooting a lot of frames. However, I do set a custom WB if in a very controlled space. Does adjusting WB in post with high ISO harm IQ?
I'm not sure who else has that option, but I think if you want to make that in post, you would need to use Canon's Digital Photo Pro. For your second question, adjusting WB in post (especially when using DPP) has no more impact on IG that setting it in-camera. ISO is irrelevant.
Other than exposure, is there anything else that's set in a RAW file as it comes out of the camera? Or do ALL of these settings really only apply to JPG?
It's really camera dependent but most of the settings can be changed in post.