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How To Take Good Photos

Light: Temperature

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  • Natural light is white,while artificial light is often shades of yellow, orange or green.
  • Our eyes naturally adjust to yellow light sources to make them appear white.
  • Natural light tends to be more orange during the earlier or later parts of the day.
  • This picture shows the cold, blue lightof a rainy day in Oban, Scotland with orangey tints from the evening sun and street lamps.


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