Shooting for eBay: Creating Simple and Effective Product Shots for Online Auctions and Sales
by Alan Hess
Exposure Compensation
Exposure compensation adjusts the exposure settings so you can purposely let in more light to overexpose the image or less light to underexpose the image. There are two ways to do this: with a built-in Exposure Compensation feature or in Manual mode.
The first way to apply exposure compensation is easy—as long as your camera has an Exposure Compensation button or menu setting. Using exposure compensation is really simple; you just press the Exposure Compensation button and either dial in + or – exposure. As you dial in positive exposure compensation, more light is let in and the exposure gets brighter. Dial in negative exposure compensation and the image gets darker. Take a look at the following two images. The first was ...
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