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How to get the best exposure Hello everyone My images look great on my camera. The whe I load them to the computer. They look so much different. too dark too light. etc.. What is the best way to get accurate exposure? Thanks
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- Usman M. Bajwa Contact Usman M. Bajwa Usman M. Bajwa's Gallery |
Volumes have been written and are available both in print and on the web for all levels of photography enthusiasts. Understanding and adjustment of aperture setting and shutter speed will usually get a good exposure for the light conditions you find yourself in. As in anything else, lots of practice will definitely help too. I don't see a name or a gallery to look into, to see what type of images you like to shoot. But if you have a specific question, shoot out in the BP Q&A forum and someone will respond, usually promptly. Usman.
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- Martha R. Mazon Contact Martha R. Mazon Martha R. Mazon's Gallery |
One thing you can do is use the histogram on your camera while shooting to show you how light is distributed throughout the scene. The preview screen may not accurately reflect this. A histogram shows the light distribution in graph form, from dark to light, left to right. If the graph is pushed to far to the left, your image is dark, possibly underexposed; too far to the right, it is light, possibly overexposed. There's a lot written on the web on how to interpret the histogram, but those are two very simple things to look out for which should help. You can then alter the exposure by using EV compensation, or choosing a different point in the scene from which to take your exposure reading. Good luck!
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robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff Robinson Contact Jeff Robinson Jeff Robinson's Gallery |
Your camera does a little internal processing on your images to allow them to display on your screen. Since the screen on the camera is small in compresses the colors giving you, the viewer, a more saturated look, similar to a JPEG (It looks pretty good) and it looks sharper. When you download your images to your computer, and if you shot them in RAW, then you will have to process the images to get them to look better. This will be your opportunity to adjust everything (sharpen, colors (saturation), contrast, shadow and highlights). Photoshop and Lightroom are powerful and there are a lot of good, free, YouTube tutorials to help get you started. I hope this helps.
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