Great video, Jeffrey Tadlock Photography. Looking forward to seeing your next upload from you. I smashed that thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the fantastic work! Your explanation of the Kelvin scale and its impact on landscape photography was really enlightening. How do you suggest approaching white balance adjustments in post-processing for different lighting conditions to achieve a consistent look across a series of shots?
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video and the explanation was helpful! As for consistency, I do think there is one thing to consider, and that is that the color temperature of the same scene DOES change over the course of a few hours. For example, if you arrive pre-sunrise as the light starts, things will have the blue hour color to them with the pre-sunrise light. Then, the sun comes up and we get the warmer tones and colors. Then if you stay even longer, the color temperature will likely move to a color temperature impacted by either a clear sky, clouds, etc. So - from the same scene, the images might have different temps to them. I have series of photos where my first are on the cooler more bluish side, then warmer from the golden hours color, and then back to whatever type of light occurs after golden hour has passed. It is still important to consider the temperature of the scene, just having the manual white balance helps when trying to match your blue hour photos with each other, your golden hours photos with each other, and so on. Hope that helps!
I watched a video from Sean Tucker earlier this year in which he suggested setting at 5500K, so I've been shooting with that for the past few months. As he said, we shot for years on daylight balanced film, so the results will fall much in line with that. I've shot with AWB for years, but am actually finding, in most situations, that I'm doing less WB adjustment after the fact. Especially helpful if I'm shooting panos or brackets where AWB could give a different color temp for each frame. Of course, like you, I find that LR wants to add 50 to what I set in camera. Probably not a big deal, but it seems odd. At least, with that extra 50, I'm sitting right between the advice from you and Sean. Take care.
I think 5500 is right there in the ballpark, and like you said - with the extra 50 that LR likes to add for some reason - right there in the middle! I think I tend towards warmer images typically, so that's probably why i gravitate a bit towards 5600k. Yep - not having WB shift around during brackets and panos is nice! Glad it has been working out for you!
In nature or outdoors, bright areas are mostly warm, while shadows are mostly cool. Will this also hold true in a studio or indoors, where different types of electric lights are used?
For indoor photos - whether they be in a house, studio, or event hall, it does get trickier in my opinion. Different light bulbs and types of light will have different color temperatures. Even when buying a standard LED light bulb you will often be given a temperature choice - warm light, soft light, daylight, etc. Each is a different kelvin temperature. Flourscent light bulbs can vary widely in their color temp AND give off a terrible orange-green look to them as well. Definitely a lot of variety in indoor color temperatures. In the video I focused on landscape photography, but for event photography, indoor portraits, etc, I do adjust my white balance as once you get your WB dialed in, it is pretty consistent indoors so it makes editing easier. For example, if I am photographing headshots in the studio with strobes, my strobes are right around 5500k, so I set my white balance to that and am good. Hope that helps!
Good question! I had to think about this just a bit, but I would still recommend even on a non-calibrated monitor. My thought being, at least I know my files are always starting from the same point white balance wise. So as you learn how your monitor displays thing you'll sort of work from known starting point as opposed to AWB coming into play. I do most of my editing on a MacBook Pro display - not calibrated, but usually known to be pretty good. I also edit occasionally on an Asus ProArt display, also not calibrated. I will say - I have edited on a TV display before and found it challenging, but I didn't take a lot of time to play with its settings. Hope this helps!
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Great explanation of white balance; very useful.
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great video, Jeffrey Tadlock Photography. Looking forward to seeing your next upload from you. I smashed that thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the fantastic work! Your explanation of the Kelvin scale and its impact on landscape photography was really enlightening. How do you suggest approaching white balance adjustments in post-processing for different lighting conditions to achieve a consistent look across a series of shots?
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video and the explanation was helpful!
As for consistency, I do think there is one thing to consider, and that is that the color temperature of the same scene DOES change over the course of a few hours.
For example, if you arrive pre-sunrise as the light starts, things will have the blue hour color to them with the pre-sunrise light. Then, the sun comes up and we get the warmer tones and colors. Then if you stay even longer, the color temperature will likely move to a color temperature impacted by either a clear sky, clouds, etc.
So - from the same scene, the images might have different temps to them. I have series of photos where my first are on the cooler more bluish side, then warmer from the golden hours color, and then back to whatever type of light occurs after golden hour has passed.
It is still important to consider the temperature of the scene, just having the manual white balance helps when trying to match your blue hour photos with each other, your golden hours photos with each other, and so on.
Hope that helps!
I watched a video from Sean Tucker earlier this year in which he suggested setting at 5500K, so I've been shooting with that for the past few months. As he said, we shot for years on daylight balanced film, so the results will fall much in line with that. I've shot with AWB for years, but am actually finding, in most situations, that I'm doing less WB adjustment after the fact. Especially helpful if I'm shooting panos or brackets where AWB could give a different color temp for each frame. Of course, like you, I find that LR wants to add 50 to what I set in camera. Probably not a big deal, but it seems odd. At least, with that extra 50, I'm sitting right between the advice from you and Sean. Take care.
I think 5500 is right there in the ballpark, and like you said - with the extra 50 that LR likes to add for some reason - right there in the middle! I think I tend towards warmer images typically, so that's probably why i gravitate a bit towards 5600k.
Yep - not having WB shift around during brackets and panos is nice! Glad it has been working out for you!
In nature or outdoors, bright areas are mostly warm, while shadows are mostly cool. Will this also hold true in a studio or indoors, where different types of electric lights are used?
For indoor photos - whether they be in a house, studio, or event hall, it does get trickier in my opinion.
Different light bulbs and types of light will have different color temperatures. Even when buying a standard LED light bulb you will often be given a temperature choice - warm light, soft light, daylight, etc. Each is a different kelvin temperature.
Flourscent light bulbs can vary widely in their color temp AND give off a terrible orange-green look to them as well.
Definitely a lot of variety in indoor color temperatures. In the video I focused on landscape photography, but for event photography, indoor portraits, etc, I do adjust my white balance as once you get your WB dialed in, it is pretty consistent indoors so it makes editing easier.
For example, if I am photographing headshots in the studio with strobes, my strobes are right around 5500k, so I set my white balance to that and am good.
Hope that helps!
What if your monitor is not calibrated. For exp I use my TV as a monitor. How bad will this affect my post processing? Thanks
Good question! I had to think about this just a bit, but I would still recommend even on a non-calibrated monitor. My thought being, at least I know my files are always starting from the same point white balance wise. So as you learn how your monitor displays thing you'll sort of work from known starting point as opposed to AWB coming into play.
I do most of my editing on a MacBook Pro display - not calibrated, but usually known to be pretty good. I also edit occasionally on an Asus ProArt display, also not calibrated.
I will say - I have edited on a TV display before and found it challenging, but I didn't take a lot of time to play with its settings.
Hope this helps!
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography Yes thanks,I like the results I get but have always heard you should get your screen calibrated.