Kelvin Temperature Scale
Author: Goran Katić
You take a photograph and it turns out too yellow, too blue or you take a few photographs, one after the other, and each one drags its own color domination.
New modern digital cameras have the option of setting many different programs from light temperature, shooting in a shadow, cloudy days, all the way to photographing your object under fluorescent light. Although, as we already mentioned, automatic settings will do a substantial job, if you have a possibility of more precise light temperature setting, try using it – it’ won’t hurt you.
Kelvin Temperature Scale
8000 - 16000 ºK Blue sky 7800 - 7500 ºK Noon daylight 6800 ºK Cloudy weather 5600 ºK Standard for daylight, photo flash 4400 - 4000 ºK Dawn, dusk 3200 - 4000 ºK Fluorescent and other artificial light 2500 ºK Light candle
Although, on the internet and in books Kelvin values vary, values like 5600 EK (daylight) and 3200 EK (artificial light) are standard, and when photographing with those you will never make a mistake.
