Photography Tutorials: White Balance {Nikon}

The other day I posted about where I get my inspiration from and how I edit. If you noticed in the comments, Jenn posted the following comment wanting to know more about white balance. I’m sure that she’s not alone.

White balance is super easy! See? I’ll show you. (In crappy iPhone pictures, because I don’t own two snazzy big girl cameras.) This is a Nikon tutorial, by the way. Canon is probably very similar, but I know it can be confusing. I might have one of my Canon friends come in and guest post for y’all on that. ;)

White Balance Button

Pretty simple step, no?

Turn the Wheel

As a note, you’ll turn this wheel while holding the white balance button (pictured before).

Look at the Screen

See that little cloud in the box that the arrow is pointing to? This is the icon that tells you what lighting your camera is set to set the white balance for. (Did that make any sense?) Different white balance settings are represented by different icons. You can see photo examples of that here on the Ree’s blog.

Was that clear as mud or what? Feel free to post any questions you have about white balance or photography in general in the comments below. I’ll be more than happy to chat with you! :)

Comments

  1. Jenn says:

    Hannah, thanks for taking the time to do this! :) My camera is a Nikon with a different set up. No, wb button, but I can change it through my menu settings. I have just been shooting with the wb on auto, now that I look at it. I’ll have to try changing it up a bit! :)

  2. Eyebright says:

    Schweet! I always thought that there was more to white balance than that, but I’ve been doing that for a long time! Thanks!

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