White Balance

Real photographers occasionally remind me that white balance is a a thing and I should probably pay attention to how I'm using it at some point. I haven't really done this, mostly because I am such a gosh-darned freewheeler. I barrel recklessly along auto-white balance avenue without any regard for the consequences. Seriously though I have no idea what white balance is. Sometimes when I set it to things that are obviously wrong interesting things happen.