 Clayton T. Williams |
Blown-Out Sky: How to Prevent It I took some family photos outside this past weekend and the sky should have been gorgeous. It was really blue with just a few white clouds in the sky. However, it didn't show up this way on the camera. When the family was exposed correctly the sky is blown out. How do you get beautiful exposure on subjects as well as the sky at the same time? I was shooting at about 6:00 in the evening so I don't know if this had anything to do with it.
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
The time of day has a lot to do with it. This is why many photographers prefer to shoot early am or late pm - to avoid direct overhead sunlight as it can be harsh and makes proper exposures much harder. The human eye is way smarter than a film slide or sensor. The human eye can see details in the dark areas and see details in light areas at the same time. The camera cannot, so we have a few techniques that assist with this shortcoming such as HDR imaging or using fill flash on the subject while exposing for the background but this doesn't always work either if the contrast is too great. HDR enables us to photograph scenes that more closely resembles what we see in that you can underexpose to keep more color & detail in blown out areas and over-expose to allow more detail/color in the darker areas. I use PhotoMatix by HDRSoft and love this software for generating HDRs. Hope this helps, Carlton
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
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