When to STOP using Auto White Balance, how to use custom WB settings and more photography tips.

great video! thank you!

I set my camera to incandescent because it lowkey seems like the only white balance that is bearable to look at

Thanks for a reminder on resetting the custom WB. It's been years since I broke out the DSLR.

Hi, I’m a beginner using flash indoors for food photography. I thought I had finally figured out all my settings on my last shoot, however when I set-up again in the same spot another day, the white balance was off despite identical settings. My ambient light was cancelled in both circumstances, and the only difference when I shot the first time it was cloudy in my kitchen, yet bright. And the second time it was cloudy and much darker. I thought flash was a slam dunk and I did not need to worry about WB. I ended up adjusting the WB by increasing the ISO. However when using flash I was under the impression that shutter speed and ISO should not be touched. BTW I also tried the cloudy setting on my Nikon Z6 but it was too warm. Normally with flash I set the WB to daylight. Any thoughts about this? Thanks you 😊

Use time stamps?

I like the warm lights in the buildings, but prefer the bluish sky. I have spent many evenings waiting for just the right time, 30/45 min after sundown when the lights are on fully, but sky is dark. Sometimes double exposure. this is accomplished with film by shooting the sky when it is right and waiting 45 min for the light to come on and do double exposure. Now with digital and raw capture, the WB can be set for lights and changed locally in ACR local (K key) for the sky.

Hi Paul, I was just wondering what white valance setting should I use when shooting fireworks?

Great video. Really helpful

if im having a studio light set up, is there a differences if ill put 3kalvin or 5kalvin , or it doesnt matter as long as my white balance is correct? is there a suggestion kelvin temp i should aim for?

Novice sports photographer here and this explains a LOT of my problems sometimes. I am going to try a custom WB and see if I can avoid some of these orange temp pics. Also, stadium lighting will stop blowing out my subjects white pants at night under the bright lights!

FANTASTIC TIPS ON WHITE BALANCE! Like many photographers, I have been using the AUTO WB shooting mode indoors and then using daylight or cloudy WB modes outside:
You are informing us how to take control of the White Balance serttings! THANKS! hg

hi Paul what settings is best for EOS 750D for sharp images?

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Nice polo 👕

Please suggest what color temperature should I keep for a sunset or sunrise photography? Thanks for the video.

Hi there, your videos are absolutely incredible and I was hoping you could help me out cus I'm a begginer photographer and I want to learn how to capture, clear, focus, sharp photos at night using my canon EOS 1500D. Everytime when I take pictures in the night especially when there is light I find it really hard to capture a clear, sharp and best photo that depends on the light. Thanks ❤️

Your videos are absolutely smashing! You are sooo good at explaining and making photography understanable! Having worked with taking pictures for more than 60 years, I find your prrsentations to be spot on regarding explaining how it works. Thank you so very much. It brings a smile to my face every time. I am a fan!!!

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simple... straight and on target presentation....😍😍😍

Thanks Paul you've given some great ideas especially I love taking pictures of early mornings and late evening exposures.

Thanks for explaining the K setting, hoping to use this for my concert indoor shots in future and have a play around with the numbers.

I remember seeing a K in my previous camera and never knew what that was. Good to know now what each one means. My new canon camera didn’t even come with a user manual so I’m learning by looking up stuff.

Hi, thanks s lot, however, my images aren't that cool since I started to ba meticulous about white balance modes. I use Canon R10, and I realized that my subjects in studio shoot became yellowish with the Flash WB mode, the auto mode is still good though. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. Regards,

Another great video, Mahalo Paul.

Thanks Paul, because of you and your videos I am not afraid of my camera ( Nikon D3400) anymore.
It now is always on Manual, but I still forget the whitebalance, this video let me understand why I am not always happy about the colors...
Definately going to change the whitebalance next time!

thanks Paul, what an inspiration... Can you make videos on how to accurately control white balance for us color blind people. Thanks 🙏

Great

YOU LOOK LIKE TOMMY ROBINSON LOL

I used my old Rebel at 6,000 feet in Mexico today. An orange garment was fine in the shade, but looked a wild psychedelic red in direct sunlight. I'm assuming this is a white balance issue, and it appears to be quite a challenge to correct it on computer. Maybe I buggered it with the fill flash.

As always, very informative.

I like the picture on the right side but i did like both the different sky color but i just perfer the right side color for the bottom half of the image but, just my opinion 😊

Always love the videos thanks for the tips!

Great lesson Paul, as usual !😊

Thanks for the white balance lesson! I'm just now starting to figure out the balance btwn apeture, shutter speed and ISO.

Made some photos today that will definitely need white balance adjustment in post. Thanks a ton for all your content!!!

Hi Paul thanks for giving more much needed advice, love all the images, but purple tones/hues are my personal favourite 👍

Great video Paul. Please consider doing one about external flash photography.

Hi Paul. Can you do a video on budget photograpy for beginners? There are some well-regarded older cameras out there such as the Sony A200, Canon 40D etc that are quite cheap to buy (£60-100 including kit lenses) but still pack a punch today. Specifically the Sony A200 that can use the cheap and plentiful Minolta A-Mount lenses going back to the 90s. Would be good to see the kind of results you can get from a buget set up. Thanks!

Paul - thank you for yet another great vid! You cover such an important array of topics and present them well for various levels of photographer. Amazing! Thanks again

hi Paul, i am new to photography can you please make a video with the different metering modes

Thank you.

Hi Paul new to your channel great video and very easy to understand and follow keep up the good work cheers John

Some more good tips Paul.

Thank you

Thanks so much. Question. So if I’m doing in studio portraits if very busy kids. With OCF and artificial light would daylight be the best?

I liked the cooler setting because it looks crisper. But I also loved the majenta. Sort of a warm morning glow

Hi Paul just came across your channel and I must say I have learned more in the last few hours than any other channel I have watch great learning channel you have another subscriber to your list great channel

Is there any reason why you never mention Sony cameras?

Interesting subject Paul thanks for going over this for us beginners-much appreciated- thanks for the video!

Tnx for this. Did manual white balance while using the Sony Television camera's in the past. Then we Needed to go to black and after that go to white. These settings where default in the camera it self. Have not used the Canon white balance by taking a picture yet. Will try this. I wander if setting to the Kelvin thempeture with a app will work to. Need to test this also. Once again tnx for the explanation for the Canon camera. Will try this with my R6M2 greatings Leo.