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Noel Coward once said, "Love is a question of lighting." If done right, it can inspire love, but if done incorrectly, it can turn a photo of a beautiful space into a nightmare-ish vision.

Every wonder why, in a photo, the light over the kitchen sink turns a vile green? Or a closet radiates a hellish red glow? It didn't look that way when you took the picture. That's because our eyes automatically adjust and balance light from different sources. But the camera sees light differently. It doesn't have our brain to interpret what it's seeing. So it just records the data.

A) Daylight B) Fluorescent C) Low Wattage Tungsten D) Tungsten + daylight E) Tungsten

Know Your Light Sources

It is important to find the right balance, as different types of lights can come through as different colors when photographed indoors.

Daylight appears blue, while tungsten generally presents a yellow or reddish hue. Fluorescent bulbs cast a green light. Finding the balance that works for different sources can be tricky, but cameras come equipped with a setting that corresponds to the light sources you are shooting. And most of the time, simply setting the white balance to "automatic" on your digital camera can solve your problems.