Lesson 1: white balance

What is white balance? Why is it important to se? What happens to the images if we do not take time to set it?

White balance
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Auto White Balance
Daylight
Shade
Cloudy
Tungsten Light
White Fluorescent Light
Flash
Custom

Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.

reading text and select the correct answer; in this case the correct setting is the correct answer.

Dok level 2: Classify, compare and distinguish.
Dok level 4: analyze the various methods and progression of Photography.

Examples of current images that have the wrong white balance setting. For example an image that has a blue tint due to the wrong setting of daylight vs. a warmer setting.

Students may think that all light is the same or that the camera sets the lighting for you.

Teacher or para will help student change setting from one to another.

Teacher will observe the students ability to move from one setting to another. This skill will be applied in the next lesson.

Camera

Slide show or presentation (or any form of this information)  about how to set White balance and a description of each setting including when it would be used.

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