White Balance

Tonight was my photog soc night.  Tonight was a 'studio' night.  Tonight I learned heaps of new things about my camera.

There wasn't any formal instruction as such but the more experienced photographers were there to advise and help us amateurs and help they did.  I learned about White Balance - did you know different types of lighting have different temperatures? I didn't.  And that those temperature alter the colour spectrum seen by the camera? and therefore the overall colour scheme of the photo?  I didn't.

I didn't know my camera has automatic exposure lock or automatic focus lock (or both) - I'd seen the letters printed on the camera shell but they didn't mean anything.  I'm still not sure exactly how they work or what they do but now I'm more motivated to RTFM - something I've tended to avoid as it's all written in techie speak and didn't seem at all relevant to me.  I might post a couple of the photos to try to explain White Balance - once I've got them off my camera.

All in all a bloody good evening - and one of the main reasons I joined the club.