New Camera New Pics !!
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New Camera New Pics !!
I recently got new camera so i took some pics !
My pics came out darker than i thought
lmk what u think and tip for DSLR might help
Thanks,
and last my gf's car =P
My pics came out darker than i thought
lmk what u think and tip for DSLR might help
Thanks,
and last my gf's car =P
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gf is repping a pretty sweet car there! should of snapped some pics on the other side of the parking lot where the sunlight is. Really make the pics pop out some. Other than that, still really good!
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In the basic, point and shoot modes, in-camera light meters measure the light coming through the lens at different points around the image and try to average the measurements and calculate and exposure value. The camera then calculates the proper shutter duration and aperture diameter the let an appropriate amount of light in to properly expose the film (or digital sensor) to get a properly exposed image with dark shadows and bright highlights.
As you have already experienced, not all scenes have the same lighting. Your pictures are dark because you included quite a bit of overcast sky light in your composition and therefore the exposure reading. It's been a while since I used a Rebel but I believe there is a button near your right thumb that has this symbol *. That is the exposure value (Ev) lock button. What you do is find a large area of mid-tones (18% neutral gray to be exact). You're lucky because your car is silver and is only slightly brighter than middle gray so a surface of your car that is slightly in shadow or reflecting blacktop or something like that will be a great area of neutral mid tone. Still with me? take your camera and point it at the area of middle gray and push the Ev lock (*) button. Your camera's shutter and aperture will be set for that gray. Now you have about ten or twenty seconds to recompose, focus and shoot your picture.
Since you have a DSLR you really aren't even beginning to utilize its capabilities in the automatic (picture) modes. You really need to ignore those and learn to use the P, Av, Tv, and M modes and then take it into your computer for further work.
Good luck and welcome to another hobby that'll suck even more of your time and money.
As you have already experienced, not all scenes have the same lighting. Your pictures are dark because you included quite a bit of overcast sky light in your composition and therefore the exposure reading. It's been a while since I used a Rebel but I believe there is a button near your right thumb that has this symbol *. That is the exposure value (Ev) lock button. What you do is find a large area of mid-tones (18% neutral gray to be exact). You're lucky because your car is silver and is only slightly brighter than middle gray so a surface of your car that is slightly in shadow or reflecting blacktop or something like that will be a great area of neutral mid tone. Still with me? take your camera and point it at the area of middle gray and push the Ev lock (*) button. Your camera's shutter and aperture will be set for that gray. Now you have about ten or twenty seconds to recompose, focus and shoot your picture.
Since you have a DSLR you really aren't even beginning to utilize its capabilities in the automatic (picture) modes. You really need to ignore those and learn to use the P, Av, Tv, and M modes and then take it into your computer for further work.
Good luck and welcome to another hobby that'll suck even more of your time and money.
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