mollyatc
10-05-2007, 09:16 AM
Hi Everyone! I'm new to the SA team, and I thought I would revive the Photo Tip Friday. I promise to keep it short and sweet.
When taking a photo of a person in front of a window you can do a couple of things to avoid the person appearing too dark:
1) Turn on your flash, if possible, point the flash upward to "bounce" it off of the ceiling.
2) Increase your exposure by 1-1/2 stops.
Why does this happen? Your camera can only tell light from dark. A c amera's metering system tries to achieve a balance of light and dark so that the overall image would equal medium grey. So, if a person is "backlit" (window behind them, or even the sun), your camera makes the foreground very dark (u sually a dark grey-black) to balance to extreme brightness it is measuring.
Remember, getting it right in-camera saves you time later. Photoshop should be used for fun, not for spending hours correcting a poor shot .
I'll post some helpful links on my blog (http://mollyatc.blogspot.com) about this topic.
When taking a photo of a person in front of a window you can do a couple of things to avoid the person appearing too dark:
1) Turn on your flash, if possible, point the flash upward to "bounce" it off of the ceiling.
2) Increase your exposure by 1-1/2 stops.
Why does this happen? Your camera can only tell light from dark. A c amera's metering system tries to achieve a balance of light and dark so that the overall image would equal medium grey. So, if a person is "backlit" (window behind them, or even the sun), your camera makes the foreground very dark (u sually a dark grey-black) to balance to extreme brightness it is measuring.
Remember, getting it right in-camera saves you time later. Photoshop should be used for fun, not for spending hours correcting a poor shot .
I'll post some helpful links on my blog (http://mollyatc.blogspot.com) about this topic.