 Samantha Hotch |
Shooting action shots in bright sunlight I recently took some action shots in very bright sunlight with my digital camera. I had the ISO at 100 as I wanted them to be sharp and used P which gave me f16 and ss 500. My pictures came out really dark. Can you tell me what I can do for next time to make sure that they are lighter. Thanks
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Michael A. Bielat |
Can you give us a rundown of what equipment you are using? The camera you have is probably something like a Rebel or Nikon D40-8 so I will go on that. P = Automatic. The camera takes a look at what is going on in the scene and averages out the best possible exposure under that situation... Now it isn't always correct and that may be why you are having the issue. Sharpness is a combination of your focus, lens (glass quality) and a faster shutter speed among other things. ISO 100 sounds good for outdoors, the f/16 @ 1/500 isn't what I would have told you but it is what the camera gave you. Maybe try using Tv or M for better results. I would have probably went with an even faster shutter speed and took my f-stop to f/2.8 - 6.4. It is hit and miss with P settings. The DSLR acts like a point-and-shoot and you know how those turn out. Get into google searching or stick around BetterPhoto.com and try to find yourself some good tutorials on how to figure out exposure yourself and take the dive into the wonderful world of photography!
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Check if the exp comp was set wrong, then what'd you take pictures off? White uniforms, back lit?
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anonymous |
From the sounds of it, your camera "closed down" as it was receiving a lot of glare from the sun/washed out sky (maybe?) which made the camera think that it was actually sunnier (is that a word?) than it really was. Especially considering a sky could possibly take up quite a lot of the photo. Also, if it is a sunny/glary day, then the exposure of the "scene" would be greater than 5 stops, and setting the camera on P, it was only doing the best it could. Tricky lighting like that needs manual mode settings, exposing on the people or thing you are photographing (and even a small burst of flash doesn't go astray either). Hope this helped.
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