Lighting Basics

I'm typing this for my own reference.
Still trying to get correct settings for white balance.
I hope that this will also help others who wish to have a quick reference on improving the quality of photo taking, especially if in indoor.

Tungsten (2500K - 3500K) - The bulb sign. For slightly bluish lighting.
Fluorescent (4000K - 5000K) - The tube sign. for slightly yellow lighting
Daylight (5000K - 6500K) - The sun sign. Used when outdoor w/o shade.
Using Add-on flash (5000K - 5500K) - The lighting sign. Used usually when indoor.
Cloudy (6500K - 8000K) - The cloud sign. For medium overcast sky.
Shade (9000K - 10000K)- The house sign. For heavy overcast sky or shade.

If the photo still appear too cool or warm on the LCF screen preview, can try to increase or decrease the colour temperature. This should balance it up a little.

Sometime the camera maybe 'off' in its auto WB mode. The camera might be more effective if it can detect something that is white or bright colorless object to use as a refernce. Or if we have multiple light source, the camera may do a 'averaging' of all lightings which may not be what we want.

We can however try the manual WB to capture a more realistic result.