Your DSLR camera will come with adjustable color and exposure settings.
White balance is a technical term for getting the color levels right in a photo, so everything looks just as it should. It makes even the quickest of holiday snaps look more like a professional photograph and can be achieved on even the cheapest of digital cameras. Although it is a technical term from professional photography, being able to set the proper white balance on a digital DSLR camera is actually very easy.
Instructions
1. Place the piece of white paper on a flat surface where the photograph is to be taken. For family photos, it may be easier if you have a family member hold the paper. Take a photograph and compare the color of the paper in the photograph to the color in reality.
2. Adjust the camera's light and color levels so that more or less light enters the camera, as necessary. Increasing or decreasing the exposure makes gray-tinted whites look brighter or darker, respectively. Change the color balances dependent on what color the white paper seems to be tinted as. This will usually mean raising or lowering the red and blue levels; to remove tints and make the white paper look white.
3. Take the photograph again, with the new camera settings. Compare this new photograph with both the previous photograph and also the color of the paper in reality. If the new photograph reflects the actual colors in the real world, the camera is set and you're ready to take pictures. If the settings are still off, re-adjust them and take another photograph to compare.
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