[PLUG-TALK] snow fun

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Senior <seniorr at aracnet.com> writes:

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Klein <alklein at yahoo.com> writes:
Adam> Any pictures of the igloo?  

Russell>   <http://www.aracnet.com/~seniorr/P1010045.JPG>
Russell>   <http://www.aracnet.com/~seniorr/P1010043.JPG>

Russell> sorry about the exposure, it's a point-and-shoot and all the snow
Russell> threw things off a bit.

The trick there is to think of where the "average brightness" is going
to be relative to the interesting parts of your image.  If it's above,
dial a +1 EV.  If it's below, dial a -1 EV.

So for snow and beach pictures, usually a +1 EV is suggested.  Of
course, if you have time, you can play and review to see.

I'm often shooting inside without flash, so one of my presets is at -1
EV to make sure my interesting images don't get blown out over the
top of the exposure.

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