White balance is an aspect in photography that many camera owners don’t use or understand. White balance is adjusted to get the colors in your images as accurate as possible. Auto– is when the camera makes a guess on a shot by shot basis. Tungsten – This mode is usually symbolized by with a little bulb and is for shooting inside, especially under tungsten lighting. it usually makes the colors cool down in photos. shade – the light in shade is usually cooler then shooting in sunlight so this will give you the warm affect. flash – The flash of a camera can be quite cool in light so in this mode it will warm it up. cloudy – this setting usually warms up things a tad bit more than daylight mode