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13 years 5 months ago #6863 by wildcard
Ok I desperately need help with exposure, sometimes I get so frustrated that I just give up and shoot everything in auto. I understand the general concept of exposure and I understand how to read the histogram. I always seem to choose the wrong aperture stop. I guess my general frustration is just not getting the exposure right. Does anyone have any great advice to help me out. I do not want to have to shoot in auto any longer, I want to get all of this figured out.
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13 years 5 months ago #6899 by Joves
Are you shooting in Manual or in Aperture Priority? Also are most of your shots over or under exposed? Also what camera are you shooting with? At least you are shooting in the digital age so you can practice alot and get the instant feedback. In the film days when I was starting out my grandfather taught me to keep a notebook of each shot and, the conditions so, I could go back and see the effect of my settings, now you can look at the EXIFs and get all of the information. If it was too dark your f-stop was too high or the shutter speed was too fast for the ISO. Too bright then the opposite.
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13 years 5 months ago - 13 years 5 months ago #6905 by CrazyHorse
Check out this site , hope it willl help. :)
The following user(s) said Thank You: McBeth Photography
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13 years 5 months ago #7025 by Jorelskid
Rule of sunny 16

On a bright sunny day use F16 and the shutter speed is the same as 1/iso

so if a bright one a bright sunny day f16 if iso was 200 shutter speed would be as close to 1/200 as you can get.
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13 years 5 months ago #7040 by KVRNut
You might try Fred Parker's page on exposure for some help. www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm
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13 years 5 months ago #7092 by waynescook
What Jorelskid was referencing is the "Sunny Sixteen Rule" - a reference rule to get proper exposure; at the point two hours after sunrise, or two hours before sunset, when using f/16 with aperture priority for a subject lit from the front and a mid-tone subject (i.e. not very light or dark, but reflecting about one-fifth of the light striking it). To further explain, all colors have mid-tones. For example, mid-tone blue is halfway between midnight blue and light blue pastel; mid-time red would be between deep fire engine red and pale rose.

Also, learning to shoot in "Manual" mode is a challenge; but you will learn much about aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and the right combinations to get the right exposure.

I hope this helps without getting too technical.

WCBIRDSNLANDSC
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13 years 5 months ago #7308 by Katti
i always choose my shutter speed...my camera sets the other settings. but they way i learned is if you have a tripod you can use any spead you want. if you dont have a remote use your timer for long shutter speads.
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13 years 5 months ago #7317 by bhowdy
Crazy Horse gave you a link to an excellent resource. Others have offered great advice as well. No better way to kearn than to take shots and examine the exif data and see what works and what does not. In time you will look at a photo situation and "just know" what settings you will need to take a good photo.

I found the book below to be very helpful for me

Lighting and Exposure
Bob Howdeshell

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera" ~ Lewis Hine
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13 years 4 months ago #7494 by Carn
great site thanks for sharing
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13 years 4 months ago #7497 by Screamin Scott
Get this book "understanding exposure" by Bryan Peterson...Great resource...Here's a link to it on Amazon...

www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-3r...id=1290732026&sr=1-1
Scott Ditzel Photography

www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/
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13 years 4 months ago #8673 by McBeth Photography
I also recommend the book, "Understanding Exposure" by Peterson. Bryans way of helping the beginner is done very much in laymens terms, he most certainly could have thrown all the techichal jargon at us but he has a way making difficult concepts easier to understand.

There are a lot of people that struggle with this. you are not alone!
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