Help! My Photos Are Red!

Do you ever take a shot and wonder why the entire picture looks like it was pulled out of an old photo box because of the red tint to it?  This can happen when you are shooting indoors, in low light, or when your camera settings aren’t adjusted correctly.

To fix this error and get correct coloring on your images, change your camera’s settings for white balance.  The white balance setting is one of the only settings on your camera that adjusts color, not exposure.  You can change the settings to match the type of lighting you are currently shooting in.  If you are shooting in a school auditorium, then adjust the white balance to the icon that looks like a fluorescent light bulb.  If you are shooting outside with cloud coverage, then changing your setting to the little cloud icon. Making these changes helps your image coloring to be spot on!

If you have a simple camera that doesn’t offer these setting changes, then you may want to consider shooting in black and white, or editing the image after it’s taken to a black and white image.  That way you can still capture the memory, and not be frustrated with the way the picture is tinted!