DIGITAL EOS ESSENTIALS

PhotoPlusEXPERT

MARCUS HAWKINS

PHOTO EXPERT

Marcus has been passionate about photography for more than 25 years. A former editor of our sister publication Digital Camera, he has written about photography and cameras for a wide range of clients, including Canon and Jessops, and uses a Canon EOS 5D Mk III.

Take control of colour

Discover which Canon camera features enable you to get more vivid, or subtle, results

There are a number of different EOS functions that give you control over the way in which colours are rendered in your shots. The one that has by far the biggest impact is white balance. If this is incorrectly set, the entire colour palette of the image or video you’re shooting will look wrong. We’ve covered white balance (WB) in Digital EOS Essentials, but it’s worth us taking a look again as it’s a key control to get to grips with.

White balance can be used either correctively or creatively. It’s designed to help neutralize colour casts so that colours appear natural. If the camera didn’t have a white balance function, then