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St. Olaf Equipment Tutorials

Guides for the equipment available for checkout at St. Olaf College.

LibKey Nomad

Librarian

White Balance Card

Features

  • Corrects exposure and color balance when working in various lighting environments
  • Double-sided (neutral gray and pure white)
  • 12"
  • Each white balance card only comes with 1 card

How to Use

  • Before Shooting
    • Place the white/gray card in the scene where your subject is
    • Set your camera's custom white balance by pointing it at the card and capturing a reference shot
    • The camera will use this to adjust the white balance for all future photos in that lighting condition
  • After Shooting
    • Take a shot with the white balance card in frame
    • In editing software (i.e photoshop), use the white balance selector to click on the card
    • The software will adjust the color balance based on that neutral tone

Putting Away

  • Hold two opposite corners of the white balance card and bring your right hand towards you and your left hand away from you until it folds in on itself
  • Put the white balance card in its case