So those of you who don’t care about getting it right in camera and prefer that method is fine, but if you don’t shoot raw your going to have to get it right in camera in the first place.

So what are the white balance settings you have to choose from?

* Auto (automatically configures the white balance)

* Daylight (white balance for a fairly sunny day)

* Shade (white balance for shady areas)

* Cloudy (white balance for them cloudy days)

* Tungsten Light (white balance for shooting under a tungsten light, normally them orange/yellow lights in your house)

* White Fluorescent Light (white balance for white light, you know them thin tubes you can smash over your mates head an not hurt them? Its them!)

* Flash (white balance for when using flash)

* Custom (white balance for when you want to set your custom white balance image with a white/gray card)

* Color Temp (white balance for setting your own color temperature)

So that is when you should use the various settings.

I have created a set of images so you can see the different effects the different white balance settings will have on a normal image in ordinary day light.

Auto white balance

Daylight White Balance

Shade White Balance

Cloudy White Balance

Tungsten White Balance

White Fluorescent White Balance

Flash White Balance

Custom White Balance

Color Temp White Balance

With all these examples what do you think is true white?

White is a highly reflective color so the true color can be deceiving.

Looking at the images, auto white balance looks most accurate but realistically the custom white balance is because of the reflections of the sun going into the white. Which out of the custom white balances looks most accurate? They both look pretty dam close to me, so no need to be arguing if we should use a white card to take the custom white balance or a 18% gray card.

I hope this helped some of you to understand white balance a little better and the effects it can have on our images, for instance having the tungsten white balance setting on when no tungsten light is actually effecting the image the image will turn out blue as this is the color the camera adds to the image to “even out” the tones.

XP seemed to be getting old now, and with being a photographer and web designer I thought its about time I took the leap into the MAC world.

Well so far I am glad I have, the monitor is like nothing you can imagine. Sleek, sexy and bright. The OS it self is so much more efficient than Windows, in the manner that files are controlled and applications are installed. Multi-tasking with applications is made quick and simple.

I am yet to set up the time machine as I have not added my external HD but I am excited about this feature also.

To anyone thinking of making the change from Windows to Mac I would certainly recommend it if you use your PC for powerful applications.

So if you have a few minutes go check them out here www.digitalexposure.co.uk

How old? I will let you guess that!

Hopefully going for a shoot up a rather tall mountain over the next few days, lets pray for nice weather over the Cheshire sky line!

The gallery will be updated shortly I hope as I am having some difficulty making the gallery W3C compliant (third party code).

Enjoy the sun while it lasts people!

New services page mentioning information about architectural photography, product photography, event photography and portrait photography and promoting Chester photography.

Hopefully everything is in good order but if you do manage to spot anything out of place please inform myself, thank you!

I will have 3 architectural pieces on display, showing the modern city scape of our society.

Thank you everyone that payed a visit.

The work has a link between form and structure.

Where -    Kings Way Foyer, Chester, CH2 2LB
When -    25/02/2010 – 04/03/2010
Times -    09:00am  -17:30pm

Statement:

“Architecture

Everywhere you go in life you are surrounded by architecture, whether it is in a major city or in the middle of no man’s land. Most of us take it for granted. There are eye sores and there are fine-looking looking structures in our life’s.

What it is I aim to capture in my work is the diversity of buildings of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Looking at the shape and structure of how different buildings are formed yet not necessarily correlated to their purpose. Materials used to create architecture have a huge effect on its ability to mold into society.

I seek to discover why architecture is created in such ways as it is.

For purpose?
For aesthetic reasons?
For art?

Jamie Knop
contact@JamieKnop.com
www.JamieKnop.com
07841592842″

All welcome