I really appreciate Vanessa's sense of humor and the time she takes to inject that humor into the video. Keep 'em coming Vanessa, I'm learning a lot from this channel. ~B

Also ich muss echt sagen, mit den Leuten von Backscatter, macht ihr/du die besten Tauchvideos im ganzen KZfaq! Ganz tolle Leistung 👍🏻

Awesome video Vanessa. The AWB attached to the whiptail ray swimming away was hilarious.

Hallo Vanessa, danke für die tollen Tips zum Thema Weissabgleich. 🐠🐡🐟🦑🐙🐚

Amazing content, went filming to the reef yesterday (before watching this video), everything is blue. Going back in a couple of days with your tips! Muchas gracias, saludos desde Cancún!

I can not tell you how much this video has improved the quality of my underwater photography! I am using an Olympus TG-5 and this one piece of knowledge has really brought back the color to my photos. Thank you Vanessa!

Hi thank you so much for the sharing! I have been watching videos of UW photography for a week and it is my first video seeing a female photographer talking, plus in a really clear and super funny way!!! Will check all the videos on your channel :)

Wow I love listening to you. Your subtle humor makes EVERYTHING you say interesting. I dive a beach in Thailand every day for 3-4 months out of the year with my Sony a6000. I've stopped using strobes and playing a lot my with MWB now.

Thank you 😃

Thanks Vanessa not only very informative but entertaining as well Dan

Very good video

looking forward the upcoming episode! red filters and lighting!

Haha I love your videos. Where the “auto white balance”-ray faded away into the coral made me laugh 😂

Yet another great video. Solid advice and well explained. I'll admit I'm lazy with WB and more often set kelvin manually and tweek in post. Gonna spend a day with my grey card and stop being lazy! I've used red filter on camera shallow but stopped using it when I moved to using video lights, so I'm really looking forward to the next episode. I use Sony and found the red filter cut out too much light, hence the reason I stopped using it. I did look into blue filters for video lights but again loosing a stop of light put me off. After your next episode I'm guessing the filter issue something I'll have to revisit.

Ich benutze eine Tafel aus weißem Plexiglas (bekommt man im Baumarkt)- gibt es in verschiedenen Größen - bzw. weiße Aufkleber aus Plastik für den Weißabgleich.

super, vielen Dank, ja die kleinen Karten hatte ich auch probiert, das war so wie du erklärt hattest - nicht so ideal, auf jeden Fall sehr hilfreich das Video und werde es beim nächsten Mal testen

AMAZING, fantastic tutorial as usual. You rock girl! :)

Thank you very much INDEED! Your advice is consistent with the laws of physics precisely - the the greater the length or weight of subject - the less chances for a vibration. Your lessons are very useful and practical. Wish you the best possible water clarity : )

Georg Huss Thanks a lot for this helpful and informative tutorial. After a long research in this field now I am eventually an enthuisiatic beginner with a Olympus EM1MII / Nauticam setup. So I am looking forward to your other videos. I am also amazed by the professional quality of your tutorials.

Very interesting as always, but don't forget Green Filters! It's not everywhere you will have perfect blue seas ;) Thanks again Vanessa!

Amazing tutorial .. thanks

Such a helpful and well presented video. Thanks so much!

좋은 정보, 감사합니다.

Great information, thanks Vanessa.

Wiedereinmal ein super Video von dir.

Wiedermal ein toll gemachtes Video :) danke dafür

Perfect explanation thanks! I love the studio setup in the background of your videos, it looks like a lot of effort went into that with the shelving and lighting etc. Very cool.

Hey Vanessa, danke für das super Video. Ich hoffe das bald Kameras mit RAW zu deutlich günstigeren Preisen auf den Markt kommen 🤣. Weißabgleich ist für mich Unterwasser echt ne Katastrophe 😁. Weiter so 👍🏻 AMMMMAZZZIINNG 😎

Excellent explanation of white balance underwater, and the practicalities of setting it. Beautifully amusing too :-)

What would be the best option with a goPro, since I can't change anything during the dive? Thx! (Love your vids btw)

Hi - your tutorial videos are so cool. I'm very new to diving (Sports Diver @ BSAC) and I'm just getting into underwater filming. You explain everything so well. Thank you

REALLY INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!! THANK YOU FRIENDS! ❤️

awesome video thanks so much! This was really helpful and entertaining

thanks very nice , learning lot

Excellent

Excellent. Learned some stuff!

Nice video can you please next time talk about blue filter for the video light

Thank you Vanessa, very very useful and super clear, thx again

Awesome footage, great tips. Thanks!

I'm so glad I found your videos! They're super helpful and super fun. And beautifully filmed. Vielen Dank!

Wow! Didn't know you had teaching like this. Love your videos on Instagram. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me!

This is great. Really enjoying your underwater video series.

Wonderful video Venessa! I started doing white balance from ocher color brain corals which is very abundant in Maldives. Since then I completely dropped the white slate. It makes the blue background really nice. What is your opinion about using this brownish brain corals?

bro this content is awesome

Thank you. Good explanations.

Great video just subscribed. A bit off topic but for snorkelling would you recommend a gopro 7 or osmo action? Not seen any comparison vids on this - underwater will be the primary purpose of my action cam.

Great content as usual. You touched on cameras that film in raw which is an unlikely option for most mere mortals. What codec do you recommend and would you recommend shooting in S log. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this considering most divers are recreational video makers and not working in film.

Great tutorial! Love it

Thanks a lot, great lesson. For compact cameras with wide angle lens I would recommend A3 size white plastic (used for posters printing), which you may fold to the size of your pocket.

such a great tutorial Vanessa thank you very much, What do you recomend when we change our depth quickly. I am freediver in this is my main concern.. shooting scenes from the surface al the way to 15m and up makes almost impossible to have a correct white balance.

Well done a brilliant video.

Thank you so much!!

Awesome video! Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the video, really helps a lot

Just subscribed , your explanation is crystal clear , thank you so much and hopefully this can help improve my underwater shots , only trouble is I’m a free diver so it will be harder ha ha

Thank you for this video, can’t imagine how helpful it has been for me. Im seeking for your advice with a problem I’m having. Recently I bought a Sony A6700 and a housing for underwater video. When I try to perform the custom white balance it goes to 9900K and a red tint. Do you know what’s happening? Out of the water that feature of the camera works flawlessly. Should the white balance be done with a red filter? Thank you Best regards

Hi thanks for your videos, people can learn a lot from you great job! I would like to ask you one question, because I am starting with underwater video I don't have any expensive camera yet.. so I just use GoPro (7black) and there is option to set WB under water from2300 to 6500K but no manual by using white card... just curious if you have any average numbers how deep what WB or if is better to use auto In this case...?

cheers vey good info great

amazing video ! thanks

Love your vids, so informative and funny

I love your voice!

Thanks a lot 🙏 great vid

Great videos. I learned a lot and I will learn every day a little bit more. So, you're right with the automatic white balance under water. I tried it with and without the Keldan spectrum filter, the results aren't good. My camera is a Sony RX 100 III, with a manual white balance the measurement is always 9900K A-B:B0, G-M:M7, with or without the filter. The results are better, but in my opinion that can't be ok. The camera is limited to 9900k, for the former RX100 II Sony recommended 9900k A-B:B5, G-M:M7. I tried this setting but it wasn't good. So, the question is, is the reality above 9900k and the camera can't follow or is the realty below 9900k and the camera is damaged. I don't know. Maybe it's a Sony problem, maybe I did something wrong. What do you think with your experience.

hi vanessa what white balance would i set onto my gopro for this

Exceptional video!

When is the video light episode? I need it ASAP 😂 These vids make me happy.

Hi Iv just randomly come across this video. It was great. Iv been diving for 17 years and only messed around with GoPro type filming. But this has inspired me to start photographing. Can you recommend a camera for a total novice to start out with. Thanks Ian

👍 Thanks 😊

What a wonderful and lovely entertaining tutorial! I very much enjoyed it and learned quite a lot! Thank you! It will take a few tries to get Hero 9 out of the casing to adjust the white balance, before I find the right setting. But, it is apparently obvious that it is important! Question: Would you recommend to shoot with FLAT Color Setting - and not with over-saturated GoPro setting?

Thanks for the great tutorial........just not sure why you only used 30 seconds out the 17 minutes to tell us that we should use a grey card......can you elaborate on what the issues are using a homemade laminated card (too reflective?), do you have a grey scale value to use for the grey white balance card, is there any point in using a primary colour reference card in a shot to help post processing colour balance? Cheers

Thanks so much for your video! Can I ask, if I have video light, do I still need to use manual white balance? If this is needed, should I adjust the white balance while turning on the video light? Sorry for these questions and thx in advance for help!

thanks for that :)

Thank you for a wonderful video, I would like to know how you stabilize your footage in Premier? Especially when currents are pushing the diver around a lot.

This may be a dumb question, but if the mixed light problem is a result of setting WB prior to turning lights on, why not set it with them on already? That is, set WB to the combined colour temp of ambient + auxiliary lights...

For photography, is it better to set auto white balance on your dive, or will I get equivalent in post, since I am shooting raw? I saw what you mentioned in the video, just want to make sure. Just trying to decide what my priority should be. Thanks!

Hey Vanessa. Echt cooles video! Wirklich gut erklärt! Ich plane mir eine a6400 zuzulegen und da Panasonic für die gute WB bekannt ist wollte ich fragen ob du vielleicht weisst wie es mit Sony steht. Danke!

Muss der Weissabgleich zwingend ohne Blaufilter vor den Lampen gemacht werden? und welches ist die Tiefe, auf welcher du auf die Blaufiltet verzichtest? Danke für deinen Aufwand, echt super Videos!

Any recommendations on where we can buy a white balance card?

My dive buddy has white fins so i use those to set my white balance at varying depths

Great video! Thank you. Do you do the white balance with the red filter on?

Can you set up white balance in gopro/dji osmo action? How do you approach that in action cameras?

Great video, thanks ! It helps a great deal ! One question though (I'm pretty new to this)… Once we've reached the intended depth of the dive, should I do the manual white balance with my dive torch ON (as I will probably use it to shine some light on the subject) or OFF, to set the manual wb to the ambient light / current depth and conditions ? ( I am using an Olympus TG-4 in its dedicated PT-056 housing and a hand-held 1000 lumen torch light, and I mostly take photos, not videos) Thanks again for your video and your answer ;-)

What about auto underwater white balance on the sony a1 for example ? I have practice with the grey card , yes its always the best , but when diving in a group, there is not much time to white balance.

2'57''... but if you messed up the white balance, well, you're screwed(!) Loooool 4'27'' ... I don't have a green fruit... Looooool Just hillarious Simply put: I love you Sensei! You make me laugh out loud! POWER & RESPECT to you miss V-C-K

What is the best white balance in 2 meters water. Clear water, mediterran sea. ? Without using a filter. All the best

I've been using my dive slate. But only for UW photography, I didn't know it really applied to UW Videography. is it necessary to do a white balance on night dives? I do a lot of night dive photography. Thanks a lot for this outstanding video BTW

Because I am happy with your hi-res explanation and laughing at the way you did it, may I white-balance you? On cannot coz it's already being Kelvinized. LOL. Love you and see you underwater ....

Does shooting video in V-Log help with bringing back lost colours in underwater footage, similar to filming in ‘raw’?

Great and informative video! If using a GoPro (H10), would you recommend shooting in “Native” WB and then adjusting it in post-production? If so, what are some best tips for adjusting native WB in post? Cheers!

Hi Vanessa, this may never be read but this is such helpful advice. So thank you for putting the time in and with such wonderful explanation! If you do happen to catch this however - I have some loaded Q's as i'm doing something a bit different nowadays. Here are 2, one on light metering and use of vNDs for separation (that young turtle you guys filmed - I think it was a Red Sea shot, it looks so brilliant, I was simply wowed. What do you think of using luminance/spectrometers to help with subject level color accuracy that would help in post? I know that devices like the c-700 Sekonic has a housing or 2, but if I have a shot list (i.e. a narrative film - we're in pre-prod) I need to work with , most of my time will be on FFM communicating w the surface, safety divers, etc yet juggling laminated shot lists, plus slates, plus middle gray or white cards (also small video color tests too to for more specific targets), but I've found it cumbersome if don't have an AC physically nearby to help with the efficient flow of getting good shots completed during the time we have while I'm making fairly constant adjustments to the camera on multi-level dives). Lighting arrays for black background shots are something we've tried in the past, but that required a crew on its own. I've seen your video advice for lighting, but on one location, we're gonna need some powerful daylights for a scene that will take place on an open wreck at about 20m - avg viz 25m. But I know to get detail and separation, I'll have to stop the cam down. What are your thoughts on vND's to keep lenses at their largest aperture for DoF?

What if I do have a red filter? I assume setting WB after the filter is on would be correct?

Vanessa: how do you suggest those of us who don’t shoot expensive camera rigs (which I would venture to say are quite a few who follow you) address the white balance issue from a Go Pro, for example. Should we set AWB, or play around with a kelvin setting and ISO range, use filters and lights, and hope for the best?

Question: When setting the white balance with a white reference card, do you under expose one stop in the moment you set the WB, or afterwards while filming? I think I understood to under expose during the setting, but I find it difficult to understand the correct moment. Could you eleborate please! In any case, thank you so much for the awesome tutorial.

I know its gonna be the topic of upcoming videos but maybe you can give me a short tip since im leaving very soon for my diving holiday. My Setup: Canon EOS 80D, 2 8" B&J Arms on either side and 1 video light on each side. I have a red filter. My approach was to use the red filter+ custom WB with ambient light for wide shots. For close up/(maybe even macro) shots(/video) i thought i wouldnt use the red filter but bring the lights and either set a custom WB or even keep it on auto since im lighting everything in view with my lights. Does this make sense or is there a better option? (with the red filter everything would turn out red if i bring lights right? or mess with the WB of the background a LOT!) I saw a video on the behind the mask channel where you used red filters and blue filters for the lights. sadly i couldnt find any blue filters for my lights (just red or violet). As shown in the video if i use a red filter with lights everything will be super red... any suggestions/tips how i can achieve the best result with what i have?

Wouldn't custom white balance on the temperature of your underwater lights solve any issue? Sorry if it's a dumb question but i've just purchased a Gh5 and i'm trying to figure out white balance for the first time!

Thanks a lot, great videos here! I've got one question left: How about white balance filters? I found those on the internet and really liked the idea. But they don't seem to be common, so I wonder why that is. Doesn't that work well? Thanks in advance!

I've 1 noob question - are we suppose to do white balance callibration at every 5 - 10m we descend into the water with red filter fitted as well?

Great video Vanessa!! Thank you for all the important tips. Btw if you were a fruit you’d be a fineapple 😎🍍

So are you saying that at depth, if you have a red filter, still set the White Balance with the filter on?

Do you need a polarising filter on a gopro. I’m trying to do some fish filming in a shallow clear river, but the water is showing up like it’s opaque, losing all depth of field and detail. Colour is the least of my problems. I would appreciate any advice.