Exposure compensation

Photos coming out too dark or bright? Try using your camera's exposure compensation feature. This article covers the why, how, and when of exposure compensation

When you use your camera in some automatic modes like Program—or one of the semi-manual modes like Aperture Priority or Shutter Speed Priority—you don’t give up total control over everything: you can still control the exposure using exposure compensation. Here’s how that works. What Your Camera’s Light Meter Sees When your camera calculates what exposure…

An explaination of WHAT some of these semi-automatic modes are (aperture priority, shutter priority, programmed auto) and WHEN you might want to use them.

Tips and tricks for getting the most from the Canon 7D Mark II

This quick photography cheat sheet shows us how to use exposure compensation to override your camera's meter to get better results.

Exposure is another fundamental topic in photography, and one that is often misunderstood or used in multiple, overlapping usages. This article will introduce the most important use of the term exposure: as a way of talking about the overall lightness and darkness of a given image. Exposure is also the topic for the week of May 11th in the Boost Your Photography 52 Weeks Challenge (#byp52weeks). Read more about #BYP52Weeks or join the group here. Exposure Basics If you are shooting in any…

Understanding the Exposure Compensation dial is probably one of the most important things you can do to improve your photography.

As you may know, cameras often get exposure wrong. The question is, what do you do when you realize that the exposure settings suggested by your camera are not right? You have two options. One is to s

Either way, there is something you can do to save time and simplify your life. It’s called exposure compensation. To find it on your camera, you’re going to have to refer to your camera’s user manual.