Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 26: Metering Part 2: Exposure Compensation

[Soley911]

Thanks a lot for the tips.

[jan3019]

Great help for me.. thank you! You're the best!

[akmalrosli]

Very*

[akmalrosli]

This is bet complicated to me. When I have an overexposed picture, I just bump up the shutter speed. Hmmm

[4EVERMYSERENITY]

@akmalrosli well yes and no, if your pictures are overexposed, you can either under expose your metering to the negative side. Also you can change your exposure to go over or under by changing your aperature or shutter speed as the video indicated. I hope this helps

[jh3835]

man, this is complicated. can you just shoot in manual and adjust shutter speed.

[stecartmel]

hi mark, in this episode you get the background darker fine, but it still looks like a black pair of curtains full of creases. could you do the same pic but have the black backgroung look BLACK !. as in low key ?. thank you very much

[domnicaable]

sorry for white balance...?



[domnicaable]

Mark can we use a half part white and a half part black picture for metering correct?

[ArchRivalNeo]

It's a little creepy with her smiling like that in the background lolz

[Householdproducer]

Thank you mark! I HAVE LEARNT SO MUCH FROM YOU.I am new in photography,hoping to be the greatest phenomenon in Nigeria and Africa by extention.Once again,thank you.

[silverlithomes]

I don't understand why you use exposure compensation. Why not just change your fstop, or shutter speed to bring down your exposure instead of using a compensation in your camera?

[hyperboogie]

Considering part 1 of the metering tutorial, wouldn't it also make sense to use center weighted metering? it should meter more correctly without the need for exposure compensation? Am I correct?

[jgvfgc]

@hyperboogie No, that is incorrect. The center weighted metering will try to make that 18% grey. It doesn't matter which metering method you use. The method just changes what area is being evaluated. They all try to get to 18% grey. You would still need exposure compensation.

[khashy87]

how can you get a picture right when you have both black and white panel in the pic at the same time?

[pikakiko]

note: this does not work on M mode

[pikakiko]

i tried it on my camera, i see no difference -____-

[ashkibala1]

@pikakiko you have to set it on A(v) and S/Tv. it won't work in Manuel mode

[Debedeb]

thanks so much for sharing ;;D

[vincepod]

Mark, thank you very much for this exquisite video. I've been wondering about exposure compensation in M mode equating it for some reason to sensor's sensitivity adjustment much like an ISO setting. Once I watched this all the way through it finally made sense.

[villeppi]

I don't get it. If you need to fix incorrect metering manually with exposure compensation, why not just use the manual mode and adjust the aperture and/or shutter speed?

[alcalaed]

can i call you mkII? also, u can easily be a backup singer for maroon 5 :-) your voice is pitched just the same

[Brenniman65]

Excellent tutorials Mark, very well explained and demonstrated. Thanks very much.

[Saurabhuttam]

nice videos... but I expect that if we set correct light mode, use spot metering mode then we might not need to exposure compensation.

I usually use exposure compensation based on light conditions.

[xpstkxps]

Erica's smile is golden!

[stereostress80]

THANKS MARK!!! I saw all your video tutorials.. great job..

[stereostress80]

THANKS MARK!!!

[hamedma]

I love you Mark::) you explain everything in detail

[spicymchaggis666]

Why would you use exposure compensation, when you can just adjust the shutter speed or aperture to under/over expose?

[toshiroo]

@spicymchaggis666

example, if u choose the shutter speed mode, u dont want to change your shutter speed that u have chosen for a reason, in that mode, u dont have the control on the aperture, so the only way to under/over expose is by the exposure compensation ( which will do the job by changing the aperture)

same for aperture mode.

In manual, yes u dont have choice anyway, u use shutter speed or aperture to manually compensate the exposure.

[mgn1900]

very informative buddy, Thanks

[treeelee11]

Awesome vid!

[geruah69]

great lesson, thanks man.

[MrKhan65]

glad you mentioned the manual mode too.

[NikonTom28]

Erica is sooooooo hot

[pomeranets]

Awesome lesson, Thanks a bunch!

[howlis1953]

Another well explained episode, very informative.

[Sirwis]

Oh my god I can't stop watching the model. Her eyes are amazing. Oh my godness.

[papysuave2]

HOOOOOWWWW....GREAT TUTORIAL  AMIGO

[bonysahni]

very easy to understand you. even the complex issues. great job. thanks a ton

[krkuz]

I saw all your videos from the very beginning: wonderful and very complete work! Great job!

After this great video on exposure a question came to my mind:

Let's say I have a TTL flash mounted on a camera and lock the metering (in spot mode) on a area and change composition. What will happen?

(I know that flash/camera use preflashes to predict exposure but they don't know where mine "correct exposure" is located since I've moved it)

Many thanks for your answer!!

ps:I'm sorry for my bad english..

[demonicpaintball]

cassidy you never dissapoint

[logankipgen]

how do u remember all these things....

[mouthpiecejet]

can you use exposure compensation in manual mode?

[BrookeLimas]

@mouthpiecejet No you can not. In manual mode you would simply adjust either the shutter speed, aperture, or ISO.

[BrookeLimas]

@mouthpiecejet Mark also explained it at 10:24. :)

[135Weird531]

when you photographed the model with the black background / white background, if you used centered metering or spot metering, would you still need to compensate?

[eyecatchme]

Thank you Mark, would be interessting how to use this in different situations on a wedding shooting!

[pako7726]

What tripods do You used with Canon and Nikon DSLRs?

[feras874]

Thank you, Mark

I have benefited a lot from this answer

Waiting for new works

[flowtime07]

Great video but you say to use the histogram a lot. Would you mind explaining more about how to use the histogram

[psyker156]

Good video!

[mypornstarlifedotcom]

Thanks again, Mark. This is one of the more difficult things for me to grasp.