Struggling to get accurate skin tones and rich colours in your photos, especially when you’re shooting bold setups like red on red? In this beginner-friendly photography tutorial, I’ll walk you through how white balance works, when to use Auto White Balance, and how to choose presets like Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Tungsten, Flash, or custom Kelvin settings for better results straight out of camera. We’ll jump into Lightroom’s Develop module to compare “As Shot” vs Auto, adjust temperature and tint, and explore how setting your white balance in-camera, even when shooting RAW, can give you a stronger creative starting point and save time in post-processing. If you want more control over colour temperature, improve your editing workflow in Lightroom or Camera Raw, and finally understand Kelvin in simple terms, this video will help you take control of your colour and create images that match your vision.
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Julie Powell is a passionate photographer and educator, running online classes and workshops for still life, macro, food and portraits, based in Melbourne, Australia. Julie is also an award-winning digital artist and photographer who has a deep passion for fine art and conceptual photography, having exhibited in galleries in Europe, USA and Australia. See more of her work on her Website Juliepowellphotography.com or on social media.
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