My Edited Photo (With Corrected White Balance)

The first image was the original photo with a temperature that's cooler (blue tint).
The second image is my edited version of the photograph.
I used the white brick wall behind the subjects as my white point.

White Balance & Color Temperature

White balance is the process of removing unrealistic color out of pictures. It's used so that subjects that appear white in person come out white in your photo as well. It's so the photo looks as close to as how your eye would portray it, more realistic and not flushed. Proper camera white balance has to determine the "color temperature" of the light source, which also refers to the warmth or lack there of, of white light.


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All Info and Photos from: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm

Color Temperature
Color temperature is a description of the vairiety of the spectrum of light given off by the subject/environment in the photo.
Different light sources give off a different temperature
ie:
Candle light gives off 1000-2000 K
Flash gives off 5000-5500 K
Shade gives off 9000-10000 K

You can change the outlook of your photo by changing the white balance in your camera's menu (usually has flourescent, cloudy, indoor, sunny, etc...)
Temperature can be changed on your cameras menu as well.

Environmental Portraits

Environmental Portraits: Portraits taken of people in an environment in which they live in or which tell something about them.

E.P.s are good because they give you an idea about the subject of which the photo is based upon and make the picture more interesting and complex, without over powering the subject.

Here are two examples of Environmental Portraits:



Some other types of portraits are: Upper-body shots & Close-up shots
Upper-body shots are based from the waist up and box around the shoulders and elbows, they are commonly used for small-medium groups of people and indiviual portraits.
Close-up shots are from the chest up focusing on the face. They are for individual photography or up to a group of 3 people with a wider range shot.

Three rules of thumb for taking portraits are:
-Make sure the subject is the first thing you notice, nothing should take your attention off of them
-Keep the picture simple
-Individualize the picture to make the subject feel comfortable and personal