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Exposure - Correctly lighting your picture.
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I have something to add (i didnt see it while skimming over the article)...
The eyes see a range of light of say 20 stops. Your camera sees a range of say 10 stops (these numbers are more or less random). If the range of light in the scene is say 20 stops, your camera will only record 10 stops of the 20. In other words, 10 stops of what you see, your camera will not see. Or in other words, the nice blue background you saw will be completely white in the photo while the plant in the foreground is nice and green. Or the sky is nice and blue and the plant is black in the picture.
You must decide what range of light you wish to keep, and adjust your exposure accordingly. Your camera's meter will try to fit all 20 stops into that one photos; but really, it will fail miserably as the sensor can only handle 10. You must fool the meter; control the meter...
...be the meter. (Exposure compensation, using metering modes like spot, or shooting in 100% manual exposure mode)
Ok, I'm done. :)
The eyes see a range of light of say 20 stops. Your camera sees a range of say 10 stops (these numbers are more or less random). If the range of light in the scene is say 20 stops, your camera will only record 10 stops of the 20. In other words, 10 stops of what you see, your camera will not see. Or in other words, the nice blue background you saw will be completely white in the photo while the plant in the foreground is nice and green. Or the sky is nice and blue and the plant is black in the picture.
You must decide what range of light you wish to keep, and adjust your exposure accordingly. Your camera's meter will try to fit all 20 stops into that one photos; but really, it will fail miserably as the sensor can only handle 10. You must fool the meter; control the meter...
...be the meter. (Exposure compensation, using metering modes like spot, or shooting in 100% manual exposure mode)
Ok, I'm done. :)
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Quite a good summary regarding properly exposing and suggested settings for digital photography.
And I quote; "... a run down of the most common scene modes and what they mean technically." You can easily extrapolate the information presented and perhaps then carry it over to manually taking photos.
As well, I've noticed in the past some members requesting the 'how to' with regards to capturing fireworks.
A "one stop f-stop shop and guide" for you enthusiasts. :o)
Follow the links at the bottom of the page for further discussions, such as "blurred low-light indoors pictures". Or go back and review thoughts on composition.