{"id":1651,"date":"2011-07-27T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T21:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2012-02-17T17:05:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T23:05:28","slug":"shooting-in-manual-photography-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/shooting-in-manual-photography-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"shooting in manual | photography tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re already subscribed to <a title=\"receive email updates from Zoe D. Photography\" href=\"https:\/\/madmimi.com\/signups\/join\/28245\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">receive email updates<\/a> from Zoe D. Photography, then you may have already seen this.\u00a0 (And you already know what\u2019s coming up this fall.)\u00a0 But I just had to share this little tip for those who are shooting on manual, but struggling with correct exposure.<\/p>\n<p>During a couple of recent mentoring sessions, I\u2019ve realized that some people are putting their cameras on manual mode (bravo!), but are not truly controlling the exposure of the image themselves. They\u2019re making exposure adjustments based solely on what the in-camera meter says is the correct exposure, therefore letting the camera decide what\u2019s best. Those cameras are very smart, indeed. But\u2026. If you are shooting in <em>manual<\/em>, then <em>you<\/em> should be deciding what is the correct exposure \u2013 not your camera. (That\u2019s kind of the point of manual, isn\u2019t it?) You should be checking your histogram, looking for blown highlights, and taking a glance at the image on the back of your camera and deciding if it looks right. From there, you can determine if you are under- or overexposed and then adjust your aperture, shutter speed, or ISO accordingly. Yes, this takes practice. Lots of it. But if you\u2019re relying on the in-camera meter, then you might as well just switch over to aperture priority (or shutter speed priority,\u00a0or\u00a0Auto) and save yourself the hassle of moving that dial.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let this happen to you \u2013 take control of that camera, my friend.\u00a0 Manually.<\/p>\n<p>Got a photography question?\u00a0 <a title=\"Ask Zoe D.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.formspring.me\/zoedennis\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ask me.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh &#8211; and because this is a photography blog, here&#8217;s a photo of my littlest man today.\u00a0 What a weird expression &#8211; not sure what&#8217;s going on there, but he&#8217;s 8 months old and on the <em>move<\/em>!\u00a0 We couldn&#8217;t stay out there\u00a0very\u00a0long though &#8211; it&#8217;s HOT!<br \/>\n<a title=\"max at 8 months old by zoedennis, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zoedennis\/6882713233\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7044\/6882713233_5dcdae08f5_o.jpg\" alt=\"max at 8 months old\" width=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re already subscribed to receive email updates from Zoe D. Photography, then you may have already seen this.\u00a0 (And you already know what\u2019s coming up this fall.)\u00a0 But I just had to share this little tip for those who are shooting on manual, but struggling with correct exposure. During a couple of recent mentoring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,16],"tags":[609,329,184,333,182,332,183,185,611,83,614,330,181,331],"class_list":{"0":"post-1651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal","8":"category-photography","9":"tag-baby-child","10":"tag-camera-tips","11":"tag-dslr","12":"tag-emails","13":"tag-exposure","14":"tag-formspring","15":"tag-manual","16":"tag-max","17":"tag-personal","18":"tag-photographer","19":"tag-photography","20":"tag-photography-tips","21":"tag-tips","22":"tag-understanding-exposure"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}