dylancarvalho Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Hi all, I was wondering how you guys could explain white-balance, and why it is important in black and white photography. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 ... and why it is important in black and white photography. It isn't! White balance is important in colour photography, so that white objects come out looking white, and grey objects come out neutral grey. Incorrect colour balance (flash lighting shot as tungsten): Correct colour balance: The only time the correct white balance would be important in black&white is if you had a strongly coloured subject lit by a strongly coloured light. And that probably only happens at night under sodium street lighting, which can't be corrected or colour-balanced anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 The only time I've bothered with white balance is when doing infrared photography, before converting the results to black and white. I was once told to do a custom white balance with the camera pointed at green foliage, to enhance the rendering of trees etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Just FWIW. Black & white conversions of those two colour pictures above come out looking very similar. And in fact the one with the blue cast looks slightly better to me. But then you can filter a B&W conversion to almost any degree you like. From correct colour: From blue cast: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Hi all, I was wondering how you guys could explain white-balance, and why it is important in black and white photography. Thanks! OP - Is this a question set as an assignment by a school or college? WW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Photography is a visual medium, meaning you could try things, such as lights of different colour temperature, and see the result. So pick up your camera, OP, and get to work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 ... and answer questions, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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