Hi Gern
Nice build so far....with respect to the pictures, are you using flash? If so, the shots are overexposed. White balance will change the colour tones not the exposure. The camera usually tries to expose everything to a mid grey, not white. Try reducing the flash power, shooting further away and cropping in, or shooting in daylight...I suspect the flash is at minimum power but the close shot still overexposed the shot.
Cheers
Tim
Nice build so far....with respect to the pictures, are you using flash? If so, the shots are overexposed. White balance will change the colour tones not the exposure. The camera usually tries to expose everything to a mid grey, not white. Try reducing the flash power, shooting further away and cropping in, or shooting in daylight...I suspect the flash is at minimum power but the close shot still overexposed the shot.
Cheers
Tim