The Enthusiast's Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography

30. THE OTHER SETTINGS

IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION I talked about the exposure settings, but there are other settings that can make a huge difference in your images. These are the settings that control the color of your images, the number of photos taken, the file type, and the image size.

• White Balance: The white balance setting on digital cameras lets the sensor know what type of light is illuminating the scene so that the colors can be rendered properly. Each type of light has a different color cast. For concerts and other events where the lights are changing colors all the time, I use the Auto white balance setting, which allows the camera to ...