Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac White balance is one of the most important settings on any camera. It can make the difference between vibrant, accurate colors, and a muddy, flat mess. It is also the ...

Before diving into what white balance is, let’s get straight what it isn’t. Sometimes the term white balance is used interchangeably with color temperature, but they’re not the same. Color temperature ...

Could relying on automatic white balance actually be suppressing the very thing you’re trying to capture?

Q I have been photographing my daughter’s gymnastics tournaments with my new digital SLR. The tournaments are held indoors under artificial light. All of my pictures have a slight color cast from the ...

White balance refers to the effects color temperature and tint have in photographs. Different light sources emit varying color temperatures, ranging in a spectrum between orange and blue. Likewise, ...