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White Balance

I've heard a lot about setting your own white balance using a "gray card". With a little bit of research I found that for digital cameras you want to use an 18% gray card and for film cameras you want to use 12% gray card. Looking online, these start around $20 and go up from there. So in an experiment I created a solid 18% gray picture and printed it on a 3x5 card and took the following series of photos.

This is the programed tungsten white balance.

This is the auto white balance.

This is the manual white balance using the homemade 3x5 card.

So I will do a little more experimenting with darker and lighter cards to see what they will do as well, but I think these photos speak for themselves. I will continue to use the card.

Denisons - Memorial Union

Denisons - Columns

Snuggled Up

Morning Walk

Four Generations

Hollywood

Hanging With Dad

Cousins

Announcement

I am learning to soften photos in the digital darkroom. This particular shot (as with most of my shots) was very hard and crisp. This has been softened twice.

The Border

Let me know what you think about this border. I like it. I think it adds something to the photo. I plan to use this on futureimages

My Little Girl

A Roll in the Grass

Chip at Fence

Snapped this right after I got my camera. Just thought it was a nice looking shot. Let me know what you think.

Photography

I am no photographer. But sometimes I pretend I am. Sooo, I figure I'd start this blog to post some of my photos on. PLEASE let me know what you think of each potograph.