All Entries Tagged With: "light meter"

How To Measure Light With Your Camera

Measuring light in photography is an art as well as a science.  This combination of technical knowledge and artistic vision is essential to using creative exposure techniques and making better photos.

Combining the art and science of measuring light is used to establish a base reading for setting your exposure.  You can use this reading as [...]

In Camera Light Meter

Often times when photographers are learning about exposure in digital photography they neglect to consider how important the light meter is in determining the outcome of your photograph.  This is especially true in many of the auto or semi-auto exposure modes.

Today’s cameras are built with light meters inside.  These handy little computers are used to [...]

When to Use Auto Exposure Mode

Can you get great results from your camera if you’re still shooting in auto exposure mode?
The short answer is yes. Perhaps the real question is why would you want to use full auto exposure?
There are only a few reasons to use the full auto exposure on your camera in my opinion.

When there doesn’t appear [...]

Lighting Techniques: Lighting Equipment

In order to create masterful portraits like the professional photographers you need light. You don’t necessarily need professional lighting equipment, but you do need to be able to manipulate and control lighting situations. There are numerous ways to create portrait lighting so we’ll start with a photography lighting equipment rundown. In the [...]