by David Tong
Level: Advanced
While most people do shoot RAW and can tinker their white balance settings (WB) by GUI sliders from their software (such as Lightroom, and PhotoShop), sometimes, it's beneficial to know how to do it from scratch as well.
Of course, it'll be best to make sure your WB is accurate to begin with, but the world is not perfect, hence image editing software are made available.
Portraits, in general, require a certain level of color accuracy to make the skin of the subjects flattering. Light skinned subjects has a tendency to look too pink with wrong WB, while dark skinned people can be too orangey.
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