White Balance Vocab
For this vocabulary exercise you will be breaking into groups of 5. Each student will be selecting on of the following terms to create a Verbal Visual Word Association(VVWA).
- White Balance
- Visible Spectrum
- Kelvin Temperature Scale
- Color Temperature
- Incandescent Light
To create a VVWA you will take a piece of paper, fold it in half horizontally, then in half vertically. While it it still folded dog ear the inside center corner. When you unfold this should create a diamond in the center with four other quadrants. You will need to fill out the following information for your vocabulary term.
- Center Diamond - The Word
- Top Left - Definition of the Word
- Top Right - Image that reminds you of the definition
- Bottom Left - Analogy/ personal association
- Bottom Right - How it is used in photography
Once you have completed your card share out with your group so that you all have a good understanding of all of the words. These vocabulary words are really the building blocks for the rest of the term.
Exploring White Balance
Go to the following link:https://www.colesclassroom.com/understanding-white-balance/ or https://www.exposureguide.com/white-balance/
read the article and answer the questions.
- What is the Kelvin temperature of Day light?
- What color will an incandescent light appear if the camera is se to daylight?
- Draw a picture of each of the preset white balance settings and label.
- Which mode creates warmer tones?
- Which mode creates cooler tones?
Go to edpuzzle. com to learn about White Balance
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Shooting Assignment for White Balance
For this shooting assignment, use the BDE wheel or the built in meter to calculate the correct exposure for each of the three shooting environments: full sun, shade and inside the classroom. Check your setting, make sure you have the camera set to jpg fine. Go through the white balance settings in the camera menu and make a card to label each of the 13 white balance settings. Include the cars so that you know which setting you are shooting. Take on picture at each of the setting, keep the suject, exposure and framing the same so they are easy to compare.