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What’s Exposure Compensation and How Do We Use It?
What’s Exposure Compensation and How Do We Use It?
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted 07/09/2026
Exposure can be challenging to master. There are many moving parts, and knowing which settings affect what aspect of our image takes time and practice. The goal might be to take full control and use manual exposure mode, but first, we need to learn the ropes using auto exposure modes. These modes let us use our camera with a little help. As covered in our introduction to exposure article, photography consists of
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Exposure Modes
Photography Techniques
Metering for Landscape Photography
by Jason T · Posted 01/13/2021
Metering for optimal exposure is crucial in all forms of photography, but especially so for landscape and cityscape applications. When you’re shooting outside during the day, you’ve got to deal with the sun and the sky, which of course can be extremely bright, and you may also have very dark shadows relative to the sky within the same frame. This can create an extremely wide dynamic range that can be tricky to expose for, especially when shooting backlit scenes facing the sun. Photographs © Jason Tables 2021 Before I go on, I’d just like to
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Landscape Photography
Metering
A Glossary of Digital Photography Terms
by Allan Weitz · Posted 03/21/2016
Sometimes, the phrases, acronyms and strings of numbers or number-letter combinations used to identify photographic hardware or techniques can be daunting to the uninitiated neophyte photographer. We've prepared a list of the basic terms. Have we left any out that you think should be added? Please let us know! 0-9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
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DSLR Cameras