Category: exposure

Learn how to read your histogram and nail exposure in just 2 minutes

John Aldred

Histograms are handy things. They either confirm that you’ve nailed your exposure or let you instantly see if you need to adjust. But, they can be difficult for newer photographers to understand. In this Two Minute Tips video, photographer David Bergman shows you everything you need to know about reading your histogram. So what is a histogram? […]

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Photography’s Basics: Exposure

Kevin Ames

What is exposure anyway? A colleague of mine says it is the amount of light required to record an image. She’s absolutely right of course. Her answer made me thing about the quality of my question. I believe that the question to ask is “What is a correct exposure?” That answer is much more useful. A […]

All Our eBooks on Sale Until February 14, 2016

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How’d you like more than 750 pages of photo education and inspiration for less than $5? Our eBooks are on sale for just 99¢ in the United States.  We’ve asked iTunes to price equivalently around the globe. Available for iBooks The sale runs until February 28, 2015. The collection contains text, photos, video, audio, and interactive content. The […]

How to balance ambient light with flash

Angela Nicholson

Many camera and flashgun combinations do a great job of producing images with exposure that’s nicely balanced automatically in a wide range of situations, but if you want to take more creative images or be able to assume control when the automated systems fail, you need to understand how to do the work yourself. Here, we explain how to balance flash with ambient light.

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Aesthetic Judgements: Lighting & Exposure

Kevin Ames

Aesthetic is defined as being concerned with or the appreciation of beauty. It also suggests a style or underlying principles that guide an artist or an artistic movement. Judging photographs, particularly our own photographs is a minefield fraught with danger. Rating someone else’s work can hurt their feelings to the point of damaging a friendship. […]