Rebel XS Tips & Tricks. How to Set White Balance. Home Donate New Search Gallery How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact How to Set White Balance © 2006 KenRockwell.com It helps me keep adding to this site when you use these links to Adorama, Amazon, B&H, Calumet, Ritz, J&R and eBay to get your goodies. Thanks! Ken. Better Pictures: The Secret Composition Simplicity FART Shadows Lighting Adjustments It's Not Your Camera Exposure WB Don't Worry: Shoot Auto White Balance. Cloudy White Balance. Setting the White Balance when needed is the key to great color photos. Also see: Explicit Examples How to Change the White Balance of an Existing Image The Expodisc This is so simple it often confuses people who think it's supposed to be complicated. White Balance is nothing more than an adjustment to get the color you want. That's right: I play with it until it looks good on the color screen on the back of my camera.
Photos can look too orange, blue or green even if the subject looked OK to our naked eyes. Basics Example under ordinary shade. Ken. Highlight and Shadow Detail. Home Donate New Search Gallery How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact Highlight and Shadow Detail © 2010 KenRockwell.com. All rights reserved. It helps me keep adding to this site when you use these links to Adorama, Amazon, B&H, Calumet, Ritz, J&R and eBay to get your goodies. Thanks! January 2010 More Nikon Reviews Canon Leica Pentax Better Pictures: The Secret Composition Simplicity FART Shadows Lighting Adjustments It's Not Your Camera Exposure WB Don't Worry: Shoot Introduction Casual photographers are always worrying about highlight and shadow detail.
Today, beginners are all screwing with HDR, a method almost guaranteed to leave you with a boring gray image. With film, film manufacturers are always advertising that every new film has greatly improved shadow or highlight detail. When things were tough, they'd claim that both highlights and shadows were better. This has been going on for over 100 years! If you think I'm kidding, just go read some old magazines.
Inspiration Modus Moral Ken. How to Create a Masterpiece. Home Donate New Search Gallery Reviews How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact How to Create a Masterpiece © 2008-2012 KenRockwell.com. All rights reserved. "A Little Ahead of Schedule" by Tom Fritz. I get my goodies at Ritz, Amazon and Adorama. It helps me keep adding to this site when you get yours from those links, too. Thanks! Ken. July 2012 Better Pictures Nikon Canon Fuji LEICA All Reviews What is a Masterpiece I was thinking this morning about how odd it is that music is a more effective visual medium than movies or photographs. Think about it: a good piece of music takes you away.
Then I thought what a silly little medium it is with which we work. Sure, you may think you're a little bit closer to wherever's portrayed in the film, but you're thinking how nice it would be to be there, not that you are there. Then I realized that that's what separates a great photo from a masterwork. I then imagined my own 29.5 second film to illustrate this. This is what makes a masterpiece. What Makes a Great Photograph. Home Donate New Search Gallery Reviews How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact The Secret: What Makes a Great Photo © 2013 KenRockwell.com.
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These fundamentals are mandatory knowledge to all artists. The Basics top Eye Path.