The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography by Glenn Randall

The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography by Glenn Randall

Author:Glenn Randall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2015-04-14T16:00:00+00:00


6 The Perfect Exposure

Today’s digital cameras are basically computers with lenses attached. After spending all that money on the latest gee-whiz electronic gadget, you may be thinking, “Why do I need to learn all this technical stuff? Why not let the camera pick the right aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance (whatever that is)? I’ll worry about the fun, creative stuff—choice of subject, composition, and timing—and let the camera handle the rest.”

Sometimes “auto-everything” will indeed give you exactly what you want. In many situations, however, auto-everything will fail miserably. If you really want to master the art of photography, you should start by mastering the craft, beginning with learning to determine correct exposure.

In this chapter, I’ll first discuss how light meters work. Next, I’ll teach you to recognize “exposure danger zones”—situations where your camera’s meter cannot be trusted. Some of these are obvious; you can recognize them without even taking your camera out of its bag. Others require shooting a test frame and examining the histogram, a crucial tool that I’ll discuss in detail. I’ll also describe the four basic exposure strategies as well as the Universal Exposure Strategy, which can be the best approach of all in certain circumstances. After finishing this chapter and the next, you should be able to photograph any landscape subject in any light, and be confident that the final print will have the detail and tonality you want throughout the image.



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