- 1). Adjust your light sources for optimal color balance. Try to schedule indoor shoots for daytime if possible and open all the doors and windows to maximize natural light. Replace ordinary fluorescent or incandescent bulbs with daylight-balanced light bulbs or use professional photographic lighting systems.
- 2). Use the color balance adjustments built into most digital SLRs. If you use an automatic setting, the camera will try to determine the color temperature of the light and adjust color balance to compensate. Choose tungsten/incandescent light bulb, fluorescent or flash settings manually to ensure the camera uses the correct setting.
- 3). Protect your lens and enhance color balance and contrast in your images by using filters. Polarizing and haze filters can increase color saturation or contrast in certain situations. Select specific filters to compensate for fluorescent or incandescent light or use graduated filters to change color balance or light intensity in specific areas of your photograph.
- 4). Change color balance in your images with post-processing software. Film photographers can use filters, developing time or chemical balances to adjust color prints. Digital photographers use color balance, hue and saturation adjustments in photo editing software.
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