How do you use exposure compensation? In this video Gavin Hoey www.gavtrain.com explains how exposure compensation can be used to over ride a cameras metering when shooting a subject that has a very dark or very bright background. For more information check out my blog at gavtrain.blogspot.com Facebook http
very helpful. thanks
Hi Gavin!
Instead of using exposure compensation, If i used spot metering and centered my camera on the subject.. will this give me the same result ?
Thanks for your videos !!
Goooooood…so simply but so useful … didn’t know this before…thank you 😀
What metering mode are you using?
I don’t get exposure compensation… Why not just shoot in manual all the time and you’ll get the desired result.
thank you a lot 🙂
Thanks Gavin, I understand this now. :]
You are awesome Gavin, thank for helping the photo comunity….
-MSR
You are in P mode???
@PhotoGavin i totally agree on that sir! 😀
You’re the best Gavin 🙂
hey please check out my video *photography* that i made im not a professional but i want people to see what i can do and what they think! thanks!
@Sinwori Always shoot RAW and always get what you want out of the camera. Never think “it’s ok I’ll fix it in Photoshop”.
@sinwori: Continued from last post:
b) flowers move on windy days!! Difficult to spot meter!
c) The composition requires an overall reading as its not only the flower you are exposing for. Spot metering wouldn’t allow for that.
@sinwori: 1. NO! shooting camera RAW and adjusting Exposure is NOT the same as shooting RAW and adjusting WhiteBalance! Using the method you describe would almost certainly mean loss of picture information (image captured too bright/dark) – you should always get it ‘Best as’ at source.
2. Spot metering in this video example would be impractical for a few of reasons:
a) the flower itself has several shades of light and dark and is a very small object. Getting the area to spot could be tricky.
b
i have two questions about this technique:
1. if you shoot raw you can adjust the exposure in lightroom or photoshop just as you like. so why do it this way?
2. you could use the metering center weighted or even better the point metering on the flower. that should give you the right exposure. will this give you the same results?