Cold Light, Warm Background: A Practical Guide to Light Temperature Contrast
Waterfalls, ice formations, and snowfields share a common photographic challenge: they’re naturally lit by the sky, which means cool, blue-shifted light dominates. Without correction, your waterfall looks gray and lifeless in photos even if it felt magical to stand beside. But those same cool tones can become a powerful compositional tool when paired deliberately with warmer elements in the…













