White balance is a very important part of a photo. Basically, all white balance is is the way that colors are balanced in your images to look natural. Sometimes, you can have a warmer white balance, which will create a redder tone to the image, or a cold white balance which is going to give you some more blues. Having a correct white balance will help you edit your pictures better, and there are many ways to ensure your settings are correct.

One of the first things that you can do is to set the white balance manually on your camera. There are all kinds of charts online that will tell you what your white balance needs to be set at based on the type of lighting you are shooting in. This is a good way to get an accurate white balance because it won’t require you to do any white balance editing later on if you find the correct setting. Although, it can be rather difficult if you plan on moving around a lot during your shoot.

Another, fairly simple way to set your white balance is by using a white piece of paper. All you will need to do is set up the paper where your subject will be and focus on it. Using the paper, you will be able to have a reference point to what the white balance needs to bee and it shouldn’t change all the much when you are shooting your actual subject.

Finally, you can change your white balance settings in Lightroom when you go to edit your pictures. To do this, you are first going to want to shoot in auto white balance. When in develop, you are going to want to select white balance in the basic drop down menu. Next, you are just going to find a neutral area in your photo. Finding a naturally white area will bring down your temperature slider, which will help you get to the correct white balance.

Along with that, there is a custom drop down menu where you can select what kind of light you shot the photo in, and it can automatically adjust the white balance for you.

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