Although light from the sun or from a light bulb looks white to us, it actually contains a mixture of all colors, all of which affect the color of a scene it illuminates.
Today we will be talking about the White Balance.

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Why do we see colors? Light from the sun or from a lamp seems to have no particular color of its own. It appears simply to be "white" light. However, if you pass the light through a prism, you can see that it actually contains all colors, the same effect that occurs when water droplets in the atmosphere separate light into a rainbow.

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To get the highest possible quality in your photos, you want to start with the best possible score—a RAW image file.

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Most serious photo-editing programs let you use a histogram as a guide when editing your images. However, since most image corrections can be diagnosed by looking at a histogram, it helps to look at it while still in a position to reshoot the image.

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Most digital cameras provide ways to override the automatic exposure system to get the exposure you want. The most common choices are exposure compensation, exposure lock, or autoexposure bracketing.

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When a scene is lighter or darker than middle gray you need to change the exposure to capture it the way it looks or it will be too light or dark.
Let's see how and the effects it has!

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Not all scenes average out to middle grey. Let's take a look at some of the most common situations where your automatic exposure system will have problems and you'll need to override the suggested exposure settings.

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Most scenes that you photograph have an overall brightness of middle gray.
When automatic exposure works well...read about it and learn more for better photographs!

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All exposure systems, including the one built into your digital camera, operate on the same general principles. A meter continuously measures the light reflecting from the subject and uses this measurement when you press the shutter button halfway down to calculate and set the shutter speed and aperture.

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Knowing how to control exposure is one of the most important aspects of photography.

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