color temperature

Article: How To Avoid the Underwater Blues.Control Color Temperature and White Balance

How many of you remember your physics class? I certainly don’t. Color temperature and white balance can be a bit of a challenge—especially when shooting underwater—so let’s take a look at exactly what they are.

Article: Some Things Blue.Cool color, practical advice

Blue is arguably the most popular of colors and evokes a vast range of meaning culturally and personally. Blue moon, the blues, blue morning, blue sky, blue jeans, bluebells, blue bonnet, perhaps Picasso's Azul Period (1901-1904) best characterizes the melancholy and poetic power of blue.

Article: Field Test: The Lowel Blender .Will it blend different kinds of light?

It’s an ingenious LED Location Light that’s fully adjustable for color-balanced light output. How well does it work, what else can it do, and is it worth the price?

Article: PhotoZAP 44: Step Lively.Our critics praise and pan your pictures

“There’s huge potential in the moment, but it is lost in the technical details.”—Mark Lent

Article: More on color temperature — Adorama TV.Behind The Scenes

In this Behind The Scenes video Mark explains why adding a blue gel to a tungsten light warms it up instead of cooling it off. Mark gives a very brief explanation of warm and cool colors.

Article: White Balance — AdoramaTV.Digital Photography One on One

In this episode Mark Wallace discusses how different sources of light affect the colors of your photographs. Mark explains color temperature and white balance, and demonstrates how you can get the most accurate color in your images.

Article: Seeing Red.How to work with an intense color

Red evokes power and energy, and is full of symbolism for many cultures. As an element in a photograph, it attracts the viewer’s attention.