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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 8332" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>There is a section in the D3100 operators manual, starting on page 87, on white balance, how to set it and correct it in the camera. When shooting in artificial light the colors of the shot may be off. Whites can appear as yellow or blue depending on the color of the light you are shooting in. The other colors will be off as well but is more noticeable in the white areas. There are white balance adjustments in the camera to correct the off color. So that the shot will record whites as white and not as yellow, orange or some shade of blue. The 18% gray card is a neutral color, see page 90 of the manual, that the camera can use to correct the white balance of the light you are shooting in. Since you don't have a lot of experience with white balance you probably should use the Auto WB setting. Correcting the white balance is an important skill to learn both in the camera and in post processing.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 8332, member: 654"] There is a section in the D3100 operators manual, starting on page 87, on white balance, how to set it and correct it in the camera. When shooting in artificial light the colors of the shot may be off. Whites can appear as yellow or blue depending on the color of the light you are shooting in. The other colors will be off as well but is more noticeable in the white areas. There are white balance adjustments in the camera to correct the off color. So that the shot will record whites as white and not as yellow, orange or some shade of blue. The 18% gray card is a neutral color, see page 90 of the manual, that the camera can use to correct the white balance of the light you are shooting in. Since you don't have a lot of experience with white balance you probably should use the Auto WB setting. Correcting the white balance is an important skill to learn both in the camera and in post processing. [/QUOTE]

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