The Right Balance

An article by Rachel    1 Comment

Since I’ve got my digital camera three years ago, I’ve been on a quest to get the right light. I know I’m not on this quest alone. I’ve read my fair share of blog entries about taking good photos. In my quest I’ve bought good lights and made a light light. Yet I’m still unsatisfied with my results. Last week, I started to read Rick Sammon’s Complete Guide to Digital Photography. While the book is geared towards Digital SLR camera, I’m still able to use some of the tips and tricks with my point-and-shoot camera.

Today’s break through moment came when I changed the white balance setting on my camera from Auto to Incandescent.

The photo on the left is with the white balance set to Incandescent, and the photo on the right is with the white balance set to Auto. I can’t believe such a small change could make such a huge difference. The left-hand photo is very close to what my eye sees. I have hope for my future pictures. They might actually be color accurate.

Now, I’m ready to play a little more. I need to buy a better tripod and fix my light box. Yes the cats have already destroyed some of the tissue paper on my white box.