Articles & Blog posts tagged: Exposure
Flash compensation
A flash compensation setting allows you to change the output of a digital camera flash to avoid under or over exposure of a subject.
Aperture
The aperture controls the amount of light that reaches the camera sensor, acting much like the pupil of an eye that widens or decreases in size as the intensity of light changes.
Exposure compensation
Adjusting Exposure Compensation helps preserve detail in both dark and bright areas of a scene and can minimize blown out areas in a photo.
Histogram
Learn why many photographers use the histogram on a digital camera to avoid under and over exposure of a scene.
Histogram part two
Sample photographs and their associated histograms, showing too bright, too dark and balanced exposures.
Types of digital camera exposure modes
Many digital cameras come with automatic, semi-automatic and preset modes that make it easier to obtain a correctly exposed photo.
Controlling exposure
Your digital camera is a technical marvel, but no matter how much of a beginner you are, it needs your help when it comes to setting the brightness level for certain kinds of scenes.