The photo on the left is the way my camera wanted to take it: dark. That is because the camera saw the light sky and thought "there's plenty of light" ... not so. I wanted the grave stones to have light on them.
So I went into the MANUAL mode and made it "overexpose" about 1 stop (+1). That means I was allowing more light in than the camera thought I needed.
I went 1 step further, though. I overexposed it 2 stops (+2) so that I could more clearly see the writing on the stones. On the right photo, there's very little detail in the sky, but there wasn't a lot in the first one, so I am OK with that.
Another way to get light onto the object in the front of my picture (also called the foreground) would be to force the flash as in Tip #1. But the gravestones were pretty far away, and my flash wouldn't go that far, so this was a better option.
Does this make sense? Is this something you guys want/care to read on here? Yes? No? Too technical?
3 comments:
Yes! I have a little Cannon point & shoot, and your tips are great. And, yes, I have read my manual, but it's nice to have some tips of WHEN and WHY you want to do things, not just how.
Hooray for more photo tips!! I am totally digging them! Would you review the whole aperture/shutter speed/meter thing? What are they and what will changing them do to your picture? Is aperture the same thing as F stop? These are words I remember from Photojournalism in High School but have no idea what their implications are for taking pictures. I know our camera has an A/S/M setting where you can adjust them, and would love to know how to utilize it better.
Excellent, Juno! Glad to be of help!
Michelle, I'll post some more on this soon.
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