Day Thirteen: It Worked!!!

This lesson from 31 Days To A Better Photo talks about the custom white balance feature. While using a preset white balance will usually be fine when taking pictures at the zoo and on the go, if we are doing family photos or portraits, we will really want the colors to be right.

How did I set it?

I ordered a gray card. What's that, you may ask? Well, it's a card that is 18% gray. You can make one, but I thought the cost of the ink would be kind of expensive, so I ordered one from Amazon. The card with shipping was all of $8, and it came in the mail yesterday.

http://www.amazon.com/CPM-Delta-inch-Gray-Card/dp/B00290Y9K6/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1327184960&sr=8-10

You guys are probably asking, so was it worth the money??? The answer is yes. Last night while watching Scream, I decided to try it out. There are a ton of steps to get custom white balance on the ol' T2i, and once I got it done I took some sample pictures.

auto white balance.

tungsten white balance

custom white balance

All of those pictures were taken in the same room with very low light. The auto white balance picture has more yellow in it than the tungsten, but the custom white balance really shows that the manual is white. I was pretty impressed with the results.

Sorry, no photos of the boys tonight. We had a minor catastrophe, and let me just say, I am so thankful that I live in a day and age that we have washing machines. Wringing out a load of cold wet laundry is awesome. <Enter sarcasm font here>