http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/ A Photography Resource for the Aspiring Hobbyist Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:22:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-7401 Get Down Low to Frame Out Ugly Backgrounds | goldengod Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:30:54 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-7401 [...] Another sneaky trick to getting rid of tacky backgrounds is to heavily overexpose the shot. This is harder to do than simply getting on your knees, but it does make your photos look artistic. I’m not going to go into too much detail when someone else has already done the work. Go read Brian Auer’s excellent post on whether to expose for shadows or highlights. [...] [...] Another sneaky trick to getting rid of tacky backgrounds is to heavily overexpose the shot. This is harder to do than simply getting on your knees, but it does make your photos look artistic. I’m not going to go into too much detail when someone else has already done the work. Go read Brian Auer’s excellent post on whether to expose for shadows or highlights. [...]

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-6476 Joseph Szymanski | Black And White Photographs » Photo Blog Project: Last Day To Submit Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:06:30 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-6476 [...] “The topic is overexposure and the subject is a photo of yours. I want you to post a photo that exhibits overexposure, or blown-out highlights. If you need further definition or examples, visit my recent post titled “Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights?“. The image can be overexposed by the camera (which is really the intent of this project), or through post-processing.” [...] [...] “The topic is overexposure and the subject is a photo of yours. I want you to post a photo that exhibits overexposure, or blown-out highlights. If you need further definition or examples, visit my recent post titled “Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights?“. The image can be overexposed by the camera (which is really the intent of this project), or through post-processing.” [...]

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5994 Chris Johnson Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:08:16 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5994 This one's simple. A camera with a 12 bit sensor is able to reproduce 4,096 (2 to the 12th power) levels of distinct tones in it's images. The problem is that the tone's aren't divided equally between each f stop in the camera. The brightest stop contains half (2,048) of those levels and each stop under that is half again. So even by underexposing just one stop, you are fully wasting half of your cameras power. The solution is to expose the sensor as much as possible just to the point of clipping the highlights and adjust the file (hopefully you shoot RAW) in Photoshop later. Underexposing also introduces a lot of noise in the shadows. Hope this helps! This one’s simple. A camera with a 12 bit sensor is able to reproduce 4,096 (2 to the 12th power) levels of distinct tones in it’s images. The problem is that the tone’s aren’t divided equally between each f stop in the camera. The brightest stop contains half (2,048) of those levels and each stop under that is half again. So even by underexposing just one stop, you are fully wasting half of your cameras power. The solution is to expose the sensor as much as possible just to the point of clipping the highlights and adjust the file (hopefully you shoot RAW) in Photoshop later. Underexposing also introduces a lot of noise in the shadows. Hope this helps!

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5881 [ Joseph Szymanski « | Black And White Photographs | » Photo Blog Project: Blow Away ] Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:18:52 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5881 [...] “The topic is overexposure and the subject is a photo of yours. I want you to post a photo that exhibits overexposure, or blown-out highlights. If you need further definition or examples, visit my recent post titled “Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights?“. The image can be overexposed by the camera (which is really the intent of this project), or through post-processing.” [...] [...] “The topic is overexposure and the subject is a photo of yours. I want you to post a photo that exhibits overexposure, or blown-out highlights. If you need further definition or examples, visit my recent post titled “Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights?“. The image can be overexposed by the camera (which is really the intent of this project), or through post-processing.” [...]

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5826 Quick Tip: Practical Methods for Overexposure | Epic Edits Weblog Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:38:28 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5826 [...] Keeping up with the theme of overexposure this week, I thought I’d write a little add-on article to my post titled “Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights?” And if you’re having a hard time getting started on photos for the “Blown Away Project“, these tips should help you get more comfortable with taking overexposed photos. So here’s how you do it with various types of cameras and settings. [...] [...] Keeping up with the theme of overexposure this week, I thought I’d write a little add-on article to my post titled “Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights?” And if you’re having a hard time getting started on photos for the “Blown Away Project“, these tips should help you get more comfortable with taking overexposed photos. So here’s how you do it with various types of cameras and settings. [...]

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5816 Brian Auer Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:44:32 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5816 You're darned right you should -- you ought to participate in the overexposure project that's running right now. Also keep your eyes peeled for some practical tips on controlling exposure in the next couple of days. You’re darned right you should — you ought to participate in the overexposure project that’s running right now. Also keep your eyes peeled for some practical tips on controlling exposure in the next couple of days.

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5812 The Dino Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:44:40 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5812 Interesting, I usualy dont think about exposure. Now I should do something about it. Interesting, I usualy dont think about exposure. Now I should do something about it.

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5741 Blown | Epic Edits Weblog Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:17:08 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5741 [...] So I finally inspired myself to process this photo of the crow. After my article on exposure and after looking through gobs of underexposed and overexposed photos on Flickr, it put me in the mood for doing some blown out highlights. The article also inspired me to start up a group project called “Blown Away“, which asks readers to post an overexposed photo they’ve taken. So here’s one of my entries for the project. [...] [...] So I finally inspired myself to process this photo of the crow. After my article on exposure and after looking through gobs of underexposed and overexposed photos on Flickr, it put me in the mood for doing some blown out highlights. The article also inspired me to start up a group project called “Blown Away“, which asks readers to post an overexposed photo they’ve taken. So here’s one of my entries for the project. [...]

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5701 PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT: Blown Away | Epic Edits Weblog Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:44:15 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5701 [...] « Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights? | Main [...] [...] « Should You Expose For Shadows Or Highlights? | Main [...]

]]> http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5691 Condensed knowledge Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:52:24 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/08/20/should-you-expose-for-shadows-or-highlights/#comment-5691 [...] Brian Auer of the Epic Edits Weblog has a post on the differences between exposing for highlights, shadows or midtones. [...] [...] Brian Auer of the Epic Edits Weblog has a post on the differences between exposing for highlights, shadows or midtones. [...]

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