David Busch’s Nikon D500 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

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Nailing the Right Exposure

Left to its own devices, your D500 can do an excellent job of providing the proper exposure for most scenes. But even a camera as smart as the D500 frequently can benefit from intelligent input. For example, when you shoot with the main light source behind the subject, you end up with backlighting, which can result in an overexposed background and/or an underexposed subject. The Nikon D500 recognizes backlit situations nicely, and, in most cases, can properly base exposure on the main subject using the default Matrix metering mode, producing a decent photo.

But, as a creative photographer, there will be many instances where you would rather not have automatic correction for backlighting. What if you want to underexpose ...