Remember to Change Camera Setting

Having used film cameras my entire life, I was perfectly happy with what I had and the knowledge of how my equipment would perform. I used the proper film speed for where and what I was doing. For my SLRs, I had my flash and battery booster to make it recharge quicker. I love it all.

I’ve begrudgingly adjusted to digital photography. I know the advantage of endlessly changing film speeds and the incredible amount of control I have over a point and shoot camera.

What happens every once in a great while is I’ll temporarily forget my previous settings as I move onto to something new. Let me share a fairly recent example.

I was at Goofy’s Kitchen at the Disneyland Hotel taking photos of the check-in desk and signs. In an effort to avoid glare from various shiny surfaces, I set the white balance to Fluorescent, to work with the lighting. Before we were called in to be seated, I dashed outside and took a shot of the sign.

I looked at it on my LCD screen and saw that is was yellow. After letting out some unspellable sound, I set the white balance for Day Light and re-shot the sign..

Whew! That’s much better.

As you move from one lighting condition to another, stop and ask yourself, Do I need to change anything (ISO, f-stop, shutterspeed, pre-set modes)?

Granted, those of you who only use Auto don’t have to worry about changing settings.

Learn more about white balance from my previous blog.

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