Comments on: How to Use Complementary Colors in Photography https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/post/how-to-use-complementary-colors-in-photography/ Created by nature captured by you. Fri, 26 May 2023 01:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Customer Service https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/post/how-to-use-complementary-colors-in-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-1536380 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:34:46 +0000 https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/?p=141391#comment-1536380 In reply to Herb.

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]]> By: Herb https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/post/how-to-use-complementary-colors-in-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-1536365 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:32:19 +0000 https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/?p=141391#comment-1536365 This is not really correct. You should be using an RYB color wheel, the one used by artists. Red and blue are not complementary. Complementary colors are red and green, yellow and purple, and orange and blue. You can physically see this when you stare at one of those colors for a minute and then turn to look at a white wall or white paper. You will see the complementary color. If you stare at a square red card, then look to a piece of white paper, you will see a green square. Your eye calls for the complementary color.

]]> By: Joe Zamuido https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/post/how-to-use-complementary-colors-in-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-1536275 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 21:53:26 +0000 https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/?p=141391#comment-1536275 Not many examples of red/cyan or green/magenta shots out there!

]]> By: Customer Service https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/post/how-to-use-complementary-colors-in-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-1227621 Wed, 27 May 2020 20:03:26 +0000 https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/?p=141391#comment-1227621 In reply to Janis.

Hello Janis,

As a beginner, I recommend keeping your white balance set to auto for the most part. This setting will typically render colors as you see them. If you are in a shooting session where you have more time to experiment, shoot first in the Auto mode, then run through the pre-set white balance settings on your camera to see how they affect the results. If your camera allows, you can incrementally adjust the balance as well. I’d also suggest taking notes on what you did so you’ll have a record to refer to.

Play around, compare/contrast, and see what works for you. Remember there is no “right” or “wrong” there is only what works for you.

Additionally, if you are not doing so already, I recommend that you start shooting in RAW when you feel comfortable doing so. (See Ian’s OPG article: Why You Should Consider Shooting Raw Format for Outdoor Photography)
The huge advantage is when you shoot RAW, you can put off white balance decisions until you download the files and start to post-process the images in a program like Lightroom or Photoshop. At that time, you can make any changes you wish and never affect the original as you would if you shoot JPGS.

Happy Shooting!

-Steve
Outdoor Photography Guide

]]> By: Janis https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/post/how-to-use-complementary-colors-in-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-1225381 Mon, 25 May 2020 17:57:31 +0000 https://www.outdoorphotographyguide.com/?p=141391#comment-1225381 Being a beginner is it best to set my white balance on auto? When do you know you should change it and to what?

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