Get White Right in LIGHTROOM! How the PROS nail WHITE BALANCE AND WHITE BRIGHTNESS.
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My name is Simon d'Entremont and I'm a professional wildlife and nature photographer from Eastern Canada. This video will show you how and why you shouldn't be afraid to crop your photos.
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Hey folks I’m in Kenya photographing big cats so I may not be able to respond to questions right away. But put them in here…I’ll have time at the airport!
Please visit the giraffe centre and Nairobi safari walk Nairobi and welcome to Kenya 🇰🇪
Hey Simon! I hope you're having a wonderful time in Kenya. Wishing good health and time from India.
This is my first text to any photography mentor on social media
Just one line for you - you're stunning in your teachings and you're unique! ❤
Nice, hope you see a cheetah running at full speed!
Can't wait to see the photos 😍
Dear Simon, any chance you'd be open for a video / topic suggestion? Personally, your view on the following subject would be cool: "how to feel motivated to go out" especially as a hobby photographer... How do you keep your equipment so that it's "always ready to go", exploring the same place and finding diff. perspectives & compositions... something on that direction.
Thanks for all the knowledge shared so far, enjoy the big cat trip! :P
Your example with the great shearwater actually blew my mind. I've ruined the mood of too many photos with auto white balance! Your channel is one of the very few I genuinely believe is making us all better photographers with each video. Thank you so much.
I usually shoot in Auto White Balance, too. But since I'm using RAW files I can always correct it if I'm not happy with the result.
Glad it was helpful!
Right on!❤
@@gordonbrinkmannI think that is the way to go anyway
You really are the Bob Ross of photographic theory. Every time I watch one of your videos there isn't a single concept that you are not capable to explain in simple terms and with cristal clear examples. Plus, the passion you put in these videos is palpable. I admire you, keep it up 👍
I agree. And he doesnt use dumb theories like dumb composition techniques that dont make sense, or "color theory" that uses random color palettes lol
Too kind!
YOU are making a major difference in photographers lives all around the world. Sublime content on every level.
Simon is the art teacher everyone deserves in life.
The trick with maxing out vibrance and saturation was bonkers 😮
Simon truly is the best photography teacher on RUclips! the perfect balance between explaining things in simple terms, going through things thoroughly but not over the top, and by the end of the end of video you take so much away from it! My kind of teacher! You’re a legend, Simon!
Wow, thanks!
Totally agree with you Ooshton, Simon is a legend.
I agree! Simon covers a lot in every video and and does it quickly, clearly stated and straight to the point. I actually do almost all Simon does for adjusting color balance but I still learned another trick in this video. Over saturating color temporarily so its easier to find white balance. Brilliant! I just never thought of it, but as soon as he started talking about it I knew what he was going to say. Wish I had thought of it sooner. LOL I always learn new tricks from his videos. Just look at all his pictures and videos. All are as close as possible to perfect!
I just want to say as a long time hobbyist, your information and presentation are second to none. This is the stuff RUclips was meant for. You’ve changed the game tremendously for me and for that I thank you sir.
Wow, thanks!
@@simon_dentremont Anytime! I watched your presentation on using auto ISO so that you always at least hit your mark exposure wise. I was so excited to get down to the local lake and experiment with this. It was like magic when I got home and started running the RAW files through Topaz. Incredible how long misinformation has been holding me back. I’m currently binging all of your videos. Thanks again!
I saw a very convincing argument on another channel for always shooting at 5500K set manually. If it's an orange sunset, the result will be orange as it should be. If it's a blue sky or night, it will be blue as it should be. Also when filming the white balance won't automatically change over time, which is a good thing.
The only thing I don't understand is when shooting raw at 5500K, when imported into lightroom the white balance will still be set differently...
🙌 the god of explaining how to better your photography/editing photos. Also love that he doesn't try to sell you presets too. Cheers Simon
How I wish these kind of content exist 12 years ago when I started out.
5:41 I use that technique as my go for white balance, sometimes it can be hard to adjust, but without a pure white as a reference, the best "natural" way to achieve a natural white. I deeply agree with you! great video!
Thanks for sharing!
REAL pro level tips and currently my fav channel for quick tips/technique reminders. No bs, no sketchy paywalls or annoying influencer humor. Thanks!
Eyeballtechnique...genius!
5:46 oh hey that's the method i normally use!
The vibrancy and saturation "hack" makes such sense when you think about it, great idea.
This dude's channel is actually GOATed
You are one of the best photography educators on the planet !!!!!!!
Pure gold. I thought I knew everything there is to know about white balance but I learned three new techniques from this video alone. 😅 Dunning-Kruger effect for sure. About the monitor brightness, I think the amount of light in the room matters a lot as well. Avoid both stark sun and complete darkness!
I also like the "walk away from it for a while" tactic for white balance 😅.
So true!
Grey snow is the my biggest pet peeve when I see snapshots from my friends. I have taken them, fixed them, sent them back to my friends, and they just don't appreciate it. LOL
Game changer. I've been struggling with my white balance and temperature lately especially with winter photos, and this was amazingly helpful. Thanks!
Love your word "I know you can do it!" every time at the ending of the video~ This is a very inspiring sentence to strengthen the self-confidence of those who have no confidence.
You can do it!
You are the only person I can confidently 'like' before I watch 1 minute. You are so helpful in my development. Blessings to you and your family❤❤😊😊
Wow, thank you!
What helps me is the idea that white balance gives you the most distinct colors. That’s what I look for in the saturation trick.
I love your videos because you don't hide anything, you go directly to the point and all the tips are so handy for us. I really appreciate your time and the way to explain everything 😉.
I'm so glad!
I am so pleased that you emphasize in several ways that making subtle modifications in post processing for artistic effect is not "cheating".
@ 5:53 This is an awesome idea... you totally earned a gold star for the day! (I use the same technique for dialing in my Vignetting to look natural, just over crank it, find the balance then back it off till natural! I get it! YAY!)
Hi Simon, I've learned something new that i didn't know yesterday. Like keeping the monitor at 90%, that's why when i go to develop my photos they are sometimes dark. Also the eyeball method to over exaggerate the colours, great tip. Very useful video this was to me. Thank you. 😊
Ansel Adams: Expose for the shadows; develop for the highlights
Thank you for this video, for the first time I am actually seeing improvement in my photos from my editing. I had to come back to this video to leave comment. I am red-green color blind so I shied away from touching the sliders too much and usually reverted back to just raw + crop + high pass filter without adjusting color at all. I hated editing but going back through a few photos, especially with snow, this is making a SIGNIFICANT improvement. I really need to learn editing.
sometimes i leave positive comments on Simons videos just the RUclips will recommend them to more people
Too kind!
Great advice. I see more and more people leaning too warm and too green with their photography, where shadows lose their cool tone. It might be a look people are going for, but I utterly find that they end up looking a bit muddy or hazy because of the overcooking.
Most people don't think twice about the difference between cool white and soft white light bulbs, how would they notice the subtle differences in white balance? Anyway, great video in helping choose which one looks better.
Nice. Enjoy your trip Simon.
You never fail to amaze me, how simple tricks make good photos great
you are one of the outstanding "teachers" here in the yt-jungle, even tho i'm not doing so much wildlife
One of these calibration parts is what is difficult to first time accept, is that different calibration devices produce different results on screen calibration. All ain't equal, and there isn't one that is the "best" or "correct".
And then what so many doesn't get, is that when it comes to colors, it is like anything else in the photo in composition and DOF wise, you need to know your final image viewing conditions (is it on the wall, is it in direct sunlight, is it a book, is it a digital display etc) as all that changes how viewer perceive the image.
That is why you need to know the final image purpose, before you even pick the camera up. Everything changes based to final image purpose, what body to use, what lens to use, what shutter speed, F-stop, ISO etc can be used, what composition etc. And that is one of those things why color calibration is not critical because it really don't matter so much.
The main thing where color calibration helps, is when you are printing and you got to only know that you are in same ballpark with your colors on screen and final result, especially if you order prints from someone else. But you still need to get the proofs and adjust by rule of thumb for the wanted result by testing the proof in the final purpose.
Agree on checking the real thing on prints. lots of variation out there.
To say that some object is of a particular color, is to say that the object absorbs and reflects particular wavelengths of whatever color light is visited upon it at that moment. The point being that white balance can be tied to either the natural light (e.g., the yellow of sunset) which alters the perceived colors of your subject, or to a broad spectrum K value (temperature) to cancel the natural light color. Doing so selectively with masking is one of the powerful artistic lighting options in LightRoom.
This is exactly the video that I'm looking for after all those days of hurting my eyes while adjusting the perfect white balance for every of my picture. Thank you Simon!
Another (new new to me) tip ... your videos are not only entertaining, but I seem to learn something new with every one I watch.
Thanks much for sharing your knowledge and talent, it truly is inspirational. Cheers ....
Cool, thanks!
Simon, you're an absolute God-send. Thanks so much for all the hard work you put into these fantastically helpful and straight-forward videos :)
I am just getting into photography, great lesson on whites, now to binge watch on Saturday!
Great work Simon, keep them coming great tips 👍
Another great video, thanks!!!
Simon is the best RUclipsr 👏👍 Thank you
Another great video, thanks
this video is sooo helpful
Thanks again for sharing your experience!
Simon you never disappoint maybe because you are always point on. Thanks
I learned another new trick from you about whites and using the ALT key. What a difference.. Thank you.
Excellent advice. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Great video, thanks Simon
Also the trick where you raise vibrance and saturation to 100 and then adjust white balance is the best tip I've ever gotten for post processing. My eye is a little bit young an inexperienced when it comes to comparing good photos with great photos.
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Simon. Good information
very informative. Thanks.
Great info! Thanks for taking me along!
You are the best, Simon!!
Again an invaluable video from an invaluable wildlife photographer.
Awesome one Simon. :)
Masterclass. Thanks Simon
Another brilliant video! Thank you
Good stuff Simon, as usual.
Very educative ❤
Another great video Simon, Thanks for sharing these awesome tips !!
Incredible tutorial as always, thank you
I just use a colorchecker passport, a foolproof color calibration method. For sunset scenarios I first use the passport and then readjust the temperature slider for warmth
Thank you so much for these video Simon. I’m learning soo much!
This is way too good thanks!!!
Another fantastic video!
Bravo! Amazing tip!
Thanks so much man!! U r a huge mentor for me!
That's a keeper!! ❤
More great tips Simon
Great as usual
This was so helpful! Thanks for making these accessible tutorials for other photographers - we appreciate you!
You're so welcome!
This is a video to star to view on a hard to get colors.
I learned something here and I wasn't expecting that. Thank you. Great clarity and to the point as always. You are so talented.
Thank you for these videos
I recently found that using the eye dropper technique putting its tip on any existing grays has been helpful. Since this is a new find, I have yet to discover the limitations of doing this. It does though seem that when the grays come out better so does the other colors. I will continue to pursue this with manual tweaking or using colors closer to white.
Thank you soooo much! this is such a good video!
Love the alt shortcut! Thank you!
You have really helped me grow as a photographer. Thank you for making these kinds of videos.
Superb video buddy! 👌 😊
great teaching! first time after years to have heard about the process in a concise and practicable manner
Personally I use the expodisk that sets the white balance of the scene I’m shooting as the overall atmosphere is what caught my eye and want to preserve that white balance.
Simply put the expodisk in front of lens on Nikon use pre to set custom white balance and done. Something for you to check out that’s worth your time Simon.
I have an idea for a method of white balancing which is sort of like this, but in reverse. It's a bit weird - more of a science experiment, perhaps.
If our intention is to capture the scene as we perceive it, as accurately as possible, we could in fact measure our own vision's current adaptation. (I'm sure most realise that our vision adapts to the environment & lighting - we don't see colours in an absolute manner)
We could use a calibration light source (the EVF would be ideal), that allowed it's temperature to be adjusted. We could simply adjust it until it appeared as neutral white as possible. We then read off the temperature, and set that for the custom white balance in the camera. (I know this doesn't affect the raw image data - it's just metadata). It would have to be as quick process, because we don't want to adapt to the calibration light.
Actually the ideal way to do it would be to to fit the light to the end of the lens, so that we account for any colour cast introduced by the lens.
Of course, I realise that accuracy isn't usually a priority - we're aiming for beauty. Also, 99% of the time, we WILL have adapted, so the Expodisc will work perfectly fine. (as will other methods). My idea MAY have an application in some situations though. One example might be in any situation where the scene & lighting is rather unique/unusual, and we're not sure how our eyes have adapted.
Simon. Thanks much for all you've shared with us -- your subscribers. The learning has been expansive and the respect you show everyone -- regardless of talent and experience -- is much appreciated. I hope you don't mind if I give a shout out to Gerrit Vyn. Many of us know him as the much awarded photo / videographer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and familiar publication. But, he has also made a few youtube videos that complement yours very well. While yours uncover tips, essentials and surprises for us, his show us his application of many of those principles -- again, with a patient and respectful demeanor. Beyond that, the places he visits and birds he photographs are spectacular. He doesn't get many views, but his work and yours are consistently deserving of praise.
On film, we are more interested in getting the neutral 18% gray nailed, The main difference in digital is that the color system is additive, while it is subtractive with film. We add color ro block wavelengths from white light, while you add colored light to build up the picture. I have heard the digital age kids trying analog photography talking about white balance, but this term is imported from digital photography.
You are 100% correct. I never knew the importance in getting white balance correct. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Finally understood what White Balance is all about! Many thanks!
Excellent tuto, comme d'habitude!
Beautifully explained,
Thank you so much.
Merci Simon !
your videos are super helpfull, well explained and well made videos!
To think you started on zero sub only a short time ago and no near 400K --- but give the quality of your output, i am not surprised. Well Done.
Wow, thank you!
I learn so much from your videos. Keep them coming!
This is such an amazing video. This is what I needed. Thank you.
Very Interesting and thought-provoking. Thanks.
Always great to see you pop up. Love your approach, you keep it simple. While I appreciate the techy & over geeky language, at times it's nice to get it in plain speak.
I appreciate that!
Simon, excellente vidéo. The right White Balance is an art in itself. Your creative tricks are very useful !!! Such videos are helpful for all of us 😊
De rien!
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, Simon! Always something new to learn, even if you think you're experienced in Lightroom...please never stop 👏