Exploring Photography: White Balance and Color Temperature

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Free Online Course: Exploring Photography: White Balance and Color Temperature provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Exploring Photography: White Balance and Color Temperature is taught by Ben Long.

Overview
  • Learn how taking control of the white balance in your photography can expand your creative options and improve the accuracy of the color in your photos.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    1. Principles of White Balance
    • What is white balance?
    • Understanding white balance and black-body radiation
    2. How and Why White Balance Works
    • Understanding auto white balance
    • When auto white balance fails
    • Understanding white balance and JPEGs
    3. White Balance in Camera
    • Understanding how white balance presets work
    • Understanding how manual white balance works
    • Understanding when a white balance adjustment is applied
    4. Tools for White Balance
    • Using the ExpoDisc for white balance
    • Using a WhiBal card for white balance
    5. White Balance Options
    • Shifting and bracketing white balance
    • Making stylistic white-balance choices
    • Understanding what happens in a white-balance edit
    • Understanding the white-balance correction options
    • Correcting mixed white balance
    Conclusion
    • Next steps