Exposure bracketing is a technique used by photographers to ensure proper exposure in tricky lighting situations. Many cameras have a built-in auto-exposure bracketing function that will allow you to bracket your shots with ease. Here are the steps needed to use auto-exposure bracketing.
Instructions
1. Familiarize yourself with your particular camera's auto-exposure bracketing function by reading the manual. This will tell you what buttons or menu functions you will need to use.
2. Find a subject that you want to use auto-exposure bracketing on. This function is intended for use in tricky lighting situations, when there is a high enough contrast in light values so that some of the photo must be fall into the highlights or shadows. This might include situations where there is strong backlighting, or a strong contrast in tone between the subject and the surrounding area.
3. Turn the auto-exposure bracketing mode on.
4. Choose what type of bracketing you want. Most bracketing functions will take three photos: one at the metered exposure value, one exposed at a higher value and one at a lower value. Some functions may have additional configurations.
5. Select how much exposure value you want to space the bracketed shots by. The standard value is 0.7 EV; however, you can increase or decrease this as you like, depending on the situation.
6. Compose your frame, focus on the subject and depress the shutter button to start taking your bracketed photos. The number of photos depends on the bracketing configuration. Usually, it will be three.
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