How to work with the white balance on your camera?

I want to photograph some people outside in the snow. I have a Nikon D3000, and would like to know how to optimize my photos by adjusting the white balance when there is snow on the ground and it is daylight. Any suggestions?|||Set the white balance in auto, shoot wit RAW always and the in the postproduction phase, reduce the highlights until you get a exposure that you like it.





Your second option is to shoot in manual position, set a F 5.6 for instance and the time according to the exposimeter (the rule inside), but take the marker that moves, to the right side, I mean, instead of leaving the mark in the middle, put it on the right side by two marks. In that way, you are allowing to pass less light and your photos won't get over exposed.|||Shoot in RAW format and it is easy to sort out later any problems the auto white balance may have





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The biggest problem in snow is the camera's meter tries to make the white snow gray and underexposes the shots.





You might use some exposure compensation after some test shots and analysis on the camera's histogram display on the rear LCD screen.





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http://digital-photography.suite101.com/鈥?/a>|||...not some more RAW fan-boys...White balance? As was suggested, you can try working with a custom white balance. However, you have the D3000...honestly, that camera gets WB right 99.9% of the time. The only editing you might ever need to do in case it ever misses is simply "Auto Tone" in Lightroom or such other action in a different editing program.|||Meter off of a gray card.





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Re: white balance, shoot in RAW, and use the white balance tool to correct the "grayness" and the rest of the photo should be okay.|||Your problem will be more with exposure than white balance. Use a custom white balance or your normal white balance for outdoor daytime shots but increase your exposure by 1.5 - 2 stops. Otherwise the snow will look gray.|||Two words: Gray Card.