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

This is great. Really enjoying your underwater video series.

Awesome footage, great tips. Thanks!

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.

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

Great tutorial! Love it

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.

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

thanks!

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had a good laugh too 🤣

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

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

glad to hear ;) I do my best...

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 :)

Well done a brilliant video.

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Wow daaaaankeeee

Great information, thanks Vanessa.

@BehindtheMask

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

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

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

Thanks for the video, really helps a lot

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

Awesome video! Thanks a lot.

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 : )

Exceptional video!

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!

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers and good luck! Let us know how it went!!! :) feel free to share with us!

Thank you. Good explanations.

Love your vids, so informative and funny

Amazing tutorial .. thanks

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

welcom! :)

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!

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

welcome Bill! :)

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.

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

so happy to read this! Thank you!

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

😊😉😎

Excellent. Learned some stuff!

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

great! Thanks!

amazing video ! thanks

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

@BehindtheMask

Жыл бұрын

Pleasure!

좋은 정보, 감사합니다.

Wiedereinmal ein super Video von dir.

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Danke 😉

Thank you so much!!

bro this content is awesome

Wiedermal ein toll gemachtes Video :) danke dafür

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Daaankkkkkeeeeee

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

😉😚💙 thanks...

@timdd9880

4 жыл бұрын

Stop kissing ass pls

@timdd9880

4 жыл бұрын

Just kidding. Love the vid!

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

@BehindtheMask

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Vanessa is top!

Excellent

looking forward the upcoming episode! red filters and lighting!

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

in the making ;) stay tuned!

Thanks a lot 🙏 great vid

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.

REALLY INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!! THANK YOU FRIENDS! ❤️

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome 😊😉📽

thanks very nice , learning lot

@BehindtheMask

7 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!!

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?

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.

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

But the Sonys have great low light, so bunping up ISO shouldnt be an issue! If the redfilter cuts out tooo much light get a less dense one. Defently worth it! :)

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Danke 😎

Thanks Vanessa not only very informative but entertaining as well Dan

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Trying my best 🥳🤠

@downunderdandiving3357

5 жыл бұрын

Reef Patrol I have a very long way to go with my videos but maybe one day with your help they might come out a little better 🥴

@downunderdandiving3357

5 жыл бұрын

Reef Patrol just got my first slr underwater camera and case the journey begins

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully!!! If you have questions let us know please :)

@downunderdandiving3357

5 жыл бұрын

Reef Patrol will Do

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

Very good video

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Merci 😚

thanks for that :)

cheers vey good info great

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

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

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?

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!

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.

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I touched on raw so one knows these are out there ;) tho blackmagic habe a small raw capable camera and for sure we will see more cheaper cameras with raw in the near future.. hopefully 😎📽 V log, C log, S log,... of course this is a great option! But it just totally depends. If you shoot in thoose you need to know your way around colorgrading, also setting focus and exposure can be challenging too especially if you dont habe a monitor and that can display luts. So as this is a beginners series, I would not start with log just yet. I will cover log and everything later btw :) this will be a whole episode. I usually use a natural color profile and dile down contrast saturation and sharpness a bit and try to get the best colors and exposure. Also it depends for who and what I shoot. If best quality is the goal then I will shoot in 400mbs 4k and 24p.

I love your voice!

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.

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!

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 😎

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Daaaaaanke ;)

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.

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Both are great action cams. The osmo has a bit better stabilisation, but not sure how well it performes with WB. The Hero7 has ProTunes where you can set a sort of RAW WB that is not too bad actually.

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!

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.

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

You can use warp stabilizer in Premiere or film with 120fps or so. Nice slowmotion so that will smooth out the shakyness. But usually no autofocus ;) if u use that.

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!

👍 Thanks 😊

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.

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Actually depending on the lighting condition I d use a redfilter and set the Kelvin to around daylight if you are filming in daylight. Otherwise set a manual WB at the depth you will film most of your time. Will be hard to reset it every 1-2m sure. If you are doing one take then you have to choose at what depth you want the inage to look best and do a test run and pre set it.

@PepeArcosPhotography

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefPatrol thank you so much for your reply, daylight WB works ok for shallow works indeed. I haven't tried with red filter yet and so far is always a compromise, as you said, of what depth I want my images to look the best. Great video and looking forward to keep learning from you 😊🙏

Awesome tutorial, unfortunately the is only dark water here in sweden :/, btw do you guys lock the exposure before going underwater? if so..what should i lock on, the darkest spot or the lightest one?

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?

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

You can use warmer tones to do the WB yes, it will give you a richer blue. It just depends on what kind of look you want to go for. Sometimes the warmer grey/skintones make sense sometimes not. Depends on the visibility light depth and scene ;) for macro I manly use grey for wide I sometimes choose sand over grey. Usually I do a testdive to check out the conditions and test the different colors of WB cards and sand etc.

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.

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 ;-)

@skaltube

2 жыл бұрын

@Olivier La Buse I often get mixed lights, as there often is light from the surface (I dive mostly in summer time, in the 20 to 45 m area) together with the torch I use to light the subject, but thank you for your time & your answer. I'll give a thought about using the temp of my torch for the wb, and I'll try to find the other videos about mixed lights. Thanks again, and nice dives !

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

@ReefPatrol

4 жыл бұрын

you mean Magenta filters ;) On the list :) actually I am talking about them in the next episode already. Stay Tuned.

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

In the making ;)

Do you think there would be any advantage to using a color checker vs grey card? I've begun to use Davinci Resolve 16 which appears to have a "color match" for X-rite. Currently, I plan to use my fins (Grey Cressi Gara 3000 LD) and I'm 5"11...so ~1.5 meters from the camera. I’ll try it out ASAP, but I was wondering if I should investigate the color checker approach. You mentioned a prototype card in the vide.

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?

Wondering what setting best for Gopro? Unable to change during the dive. Would this be a case of trying to gauge which preset depending on max depth of dive and the conditions you expect to dive in? Thanks.

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

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

You have the most beautiful eyes and great humour .. keep it up .. I will be good student. 🌹

also you can buy the rk3 apeks fins grey and do white balance there it isn't?

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Working on it. Any special questions abiut Video lights? Topics you want us to cover?

@AdamSlater09

4 жыл бұрын

@@ReefPatrol Oh just the general stuff and how my new Scubalamp V6Ks are going to pair with my RX100 and turn me into a Nat Geo cameraman. Can you do that? :-) White balance with video lights would be cool..

@Caesar.Aquanaut

4 жыл бұрын

@@ReefPatrol I like to see how to do white balance callibration with red filter fitted onto the camera in conjunction with different lighting options (strobes & video lights + ambient filter).

@gertleroy

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefPatrol where can we find this video?

One question: would zooming-in on the grey card to fill the frame affect the white balance setting?

at 10:41 you mention white balancing not being much use if subject is 1-1.5 m away. Any suggestions for shooting talent in a "white" outdoor swimming pool underwater? With a red filter the results were better but caused issues at shallow depth or split shots. Thanks for the info and content!

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

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Klappt das gut? Überlichtet das Weiß nicht? Guter Tipp ;)

Hi. I shoot a lot of video with the Panasonic GH5S and rely on preset white balances. I use Keldan lights rated at 5500k when diving deeper than 20 ft. At deeper depths everything is blue unless I am close. At some point, as you go deeper the color will never be there in a wide shot. Do you have experience putting red filters between the sensor and lens to help correct for this? Filming with Gates Housings, I got spoiled from the flip down diopter. Thanks

when it comes to snorkelling, should you just use the preset WB for different depths, e.g. shallow or deep?

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

If youre diving at one depth, can you set the white balance ( TG 5 ) using the Kelvin scale and just keep it there ?

What do you recommend for go pro 7 white balance?

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!

Hello, I have an SJ8PRO, and used it to shoot my freedive sessions. Somehow, the color temperature changes erratically to different temps, mid shot. does this have anything to do with white balance? I set it on auto.

Would setting WB as you demonstrated make a difference for RAW files in still photography also or what you said applies to video only?

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

@c.patricksadowski9959

3 жыл бұрын

Had the same question...I think us go pro shooters are “screwed”

@Changderson

3 жыл бұрын

You can get colour filters that help :) it's discussed in another of their videos. GoPro's strength is its weakness, simply and point and shoot.

@Changderson

3 жыл бұрын

That said, I imagine you can pre-set the white balance? Set it low and experiment?

@marieta.s

3 жыл бұрын

I believe you either get to use filters or shoot in log and color grade it in post. At what depths do you plan using it?

@Tegneaufreak

2 жыл бұрын

In my experience it is best to keep in on automatic and use ProTune. Use a white slate if you can so you can adjust the white balance in post. It's not perfect, but you get pretty damn good footage from a tiny camera. On my last trip all the tanks has white stickers on it. I used that to set my white balance. Or white corals, white fish, the sand, etc etc. If you use a fixed WB setting, you will almost certainly get screwed as it will often be really blue with blown out parts that you cannot recover. This is because the WB changes all the time and will go out of the range and screw up your footage. In essence, when you set a fixed WB, you can only film at a fixed depth, with fixed light and a fixed distance. As you know, this will never be the case and thus the footage will look weird. And it will be for the whole dive as well because you can't change it underwater. Also a red filter is a must.

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...?

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Well as usual it depends. If you want to get best colors I d reccomend to tedt it out. Note on your slate what wb at what depth whilst recording, when check at PC and see what works best. Auto WB I would avoid, because you will get color shifting during your shot. If it doesnt matter to you well stick with auto. If it does, try dialing in daylight so around 5600k and use a redfilter for gopro. This will give you the best color in my opinion. If you stay in the shallow to about 10m. Defently invest in a luttle gopro redfilter. But if you are snorkeling take it off. Will work best bmsomewhere between 3-10m on daylight setting.

@petrjakubac3749

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefPatrol thank you

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

@@petrjakubac3749 welcome :)

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.

so can i do a manual white balance on my gopro hero 8 black? do i set the WB to Native? and can i use a WB card with gopro?

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.

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!

@ReefPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Sony eher nicht so gut ;) Rotfilter unbedingt benutzen! :)

@SweeperLP

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefPatrol Dankeschöön

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...

Marsa Alam! I miss it