Hasta La Gadget!

I’ve been posting some advice for photographers who own DSLRs but are stuck on “AUTO.” “AUTO” is the equivalent of having training wheels on your camera. “AUTO” makes educated guesses to get your shot right, but they’re often the wrong guesses, and your photos suffer.

One of the more typical “AUTO” problems is bad white balance–also referred to as color cast. Your shot looks reasonable, but the colors aren’t what you remember. Maybe you’ve seen an indoor shot with a reddish tint; that’s a common example of bad white balance. The camera has improperly guessed at the color temperature of your shot’s light source.