What PRO’s know about WHITE BALANCE

Mads talks about WB but his video has bad WB that his face skin looks not really well :D too much tint and too cold, very much vitamin D deficiency :D

Hi Mads, you made me winter ready, though here in the south of the Netherlands we do not have winter yet. I really like the yellow house photo and the lake photo's. I do like the black and white phote somewhat less, because winter light can be so colourfull in a minimal way. It is exact that what you captured. Bert.

Another Amazing video Mads. Really showcasing the beauty of our little Denmark.
And personally I just love the X2D - I am very fortunate to own one, and I love the user experience of this amazing camera. Thanks for sharing.

B and W don’t have longevity ! 😮😮😮

I like the last b& w photo but also the yellow house and reeds ones too

The (nearly) only time I mess with white balance is when I want distinct parts of the scene to be warmer or cooler.

Thats a great video, advice and winter condition. Way more winterly than where I live in Norway 😠🙂👍

Always fantastic

I love and do a lot of bw ph. The last photo was by far the best.

The final B&W of the grove and the sunlight reflections are my favorites. Nice feature about white balance, too.

B&W

I don't understand why the 10-stop filter was used in the first photo. It's a still scene and the f13 aperture does not indicate a desire for a short depth of field. How would an image taken with no filter and short shutter speed compare with the image actually taken?

More B&W please.

stunning reed photos... wow!!

Whats the location you’re shooting at?

Hi Mads! The little yellow house framed by the reeds, water, and snow really worked for me. Hope you are well. Have a great holiday season.

Why isn’t it better to just use 5200 or something similar? Doesn’t this approach solve the magenta problem that could accompany auto white balance?

The first photo was my fave, but I just enjoy your photography generally.

I like the B/W for the contrast. It draws me in.

I find the main reason to avoid auto white balance (even in RAW) is the same reason to avoid using auto exposure: the ability to get consistent results from frame to frame, even if my composition changes. And if lighting changes, I can see the differences in the results and not have the camera try to compensate them away.

If you take only one shot and move on, might as well leave it in AWB.

These are all lovely, but my favorites are the sunset with reflection on the foggy lake. So subtle and gorgeous.

Love the winter lake shots!

Winter lake sunset photos were my favorite. Great video and great tips on White Balance.

great tips!! thank you. All the foto's are beautiful. My favorites are the ones on the foggy lake.

Hi Mads, the sunlight reflections beautiful. I think the trees looked better with a blue glow bringing out a chilly day.

Love the final B&W shot was stunning . Great video as always👍🏻

Already at second 11 I recognised that tree and knew exactly where you were :D Been there several times - to shoot northern lights (the night that went totally bonkers!) and also in fall colours. While you enjoyed the best night of your life, just 30 meters away from where you're standing the bicycle light died and the cell phone was very low on battery. It became so so dark and I biked into a swamp... I was lost for maybe 5 minutes before I heard the military shooting and knew that was south!
Also, very well done with the group of trees.

I like B&W photos they have so much more contrast, once again some brilliant photos

I always struggle to know when B&W is a better option. I love the little yellow house photo, but the bird on the water is outstanding!

You undermine your argument when your skin tone looks unnatural in your finished video.

Color is my nightmare

Nice video. Nice camera! I prefer the color sunsets with the reeds in the foreground. I did like the washed out colors of the video, though, to go with the snow. Very creative and it worked well.

Yes. Shoot in RAW. I shoot using kelvin, 5500 for daylight, 4200 for golden hour. and 3800 for night and apply a custom profile in LR that I built with a Calibrite Passport.

I don't know the last time I intentionally shot JPG!
For landscapes I generally keep my white balance to 5000K, as it's close to the actual light qualities (at least in Tasmania where the light is quite blue). Northern hemisphere is more in line with 5500K.
It's not about making sure those whites are white. After all, a white object reflects the colours of the surrounding environments.
This seems to work 95% of the time for me and only requires minor tweaking.

I’ve got a photo that looks b&w even though it’s not. A sailing boat and fog over a loch in Scotland. Like the lake ones here but the light wasn’t as…. golden, for some reason…🤔

Love both black and white and colour

I prefer the sunsets over the lake. Good subject and great light.

Shooting autumn colours recently, i switched from auto to shady and got a much better feel for what I was getting. It was raw, so WB coukd be chanfed in post, but very helpful nonetheless

Beautiful, Mads. And very helpful on WB. Thank you 😊

I preferred the sunset lake photos.

Super lovely and informative video, Mads. What a day you had!

"oh bird" - LOLOLOL great as always!

B&W for me.

More videos about photo ethics, motivation, adventures and design please, Mads. Although technicals are more appealing for many, more about philosophy/motivation is higher level.

Mads, although the black and white trees are outstanding; however, the foggy, sunrise, lone duck photo absolutely ‘crushes’ it. The beautiful gradation of tones transforms minimalism into “Epicism”. Bravo ❗️

some nice images, i dont like the hassleblad aspect ratio which spoils the last image and the last one in the reed/bird image imho. I'd prefer the final one in colour, maybe desaturated so just a very light blue sky. Wonderful conditions, beautiful. Regarding WB, I gave up a while back showing what I saw on the day. Now I edit how I want the scene to look.

I just bought your Photoshop course. Thanks Mads. And thanks for the Black Friday code.. Cheers from Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

The yellow house with the bird and reflection is absolutely my favorite, but honestly, I’d be pleased to have taken any one of these photographs. I like the black-and-white a lot and think it is perfect for the wintry mood.

I absolutely adore that final black and white. But then, I'm biased when it comes to shooting as 99.9% of my work is black and white. I loved the one with the yellow house, but those trees are just 🔥

I am not a fan of black and white photos if they are taken just for the sake of taking black and white photos. This photo however, is a good example of when to take a photo in black and white. I like it.