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DAY 161 | PHOTOGRAPHY 101 |
Overview of Exposure
TOO LIGHT, TOO DARK, JUST RIGHT
Your camera’s built-in light meter measures the amount of light available in the scene and indicates if the scene will be overexposed or underexposed.
By now you may have made adjustments to your camera settings so that the indicator in the camera points to or lights up in the exact middle of the exposure meter readout. If the indicator is to the right of center, it is indicating an underexposed scene while an overexposure is indicated when it is left of center.
The light meter in the camera measures the amount of light reflected into it by the subject. Most ...
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