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Digital Photography For Dummies, 9th Edition
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Digital Photography For Dummies, 9th Edition

by Julie Adair King
February 2020
Beginner
368 pages
11h 21m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5

Taking Control of Exposure

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding the basics of exposure: Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO

Bullet Deciphering exposure meters and histograms

Bullet Picking a metering mode

Bullet Shooting in aperture-priority and shutter-priority autoexposure modes

Bullet Solving exposure problems

Getting a grip on the digital characteristics of your camera — resolution, file type, and so on — is critical. But don’t get so involved in this side of digital photography that you overlook traditional photography fundamentals such as proper exposure and lighting. All the megapixels in the world can’t save a picture that’s too dark or too light.

To that end, this chapter tackles the subject of exposure, explaining such basics as how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO affect your pictures. With that knowledge, you can then take advantage of advanced exposure features that enable you to manipulate exposure to meet your creative goals and solve the most common exposure problems.

One exposure-related topic ...

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