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lighting and colour temp

  • Writer: Odd curtis
    Odd curtis
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min read

Colour temperature or white balance is a measurement that determines how warm the lighting is and, by extension, how things appear in the image. Warm light appears more orange, and cold light appears more blueish

tungsten

Tungsten is a relatively warm light, sitting between 2700 and 3200. Its name comes from tungsten halogen lights, which use a tungsten filament

daylight

Daylight is a colder light between 6500 and 5500K; it's relatively blue

Whilst you should try and match your camera's white balance to the colour temperature of the lighting in a room you can activelty craft an image you want to create by changing the white balance for example using a setting that makes the lighting appear warmer than it actually is can help set a different tone however for photos it would often be better to do after in post


 
 
 

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