I read that Bracketing would be best to use because it gives you 4 (in my camera) exposures and you can choose the one that you like the bestTRUE??? Or, should I only use it in certain circumstances and the other settings in different circumstances? If so, please explain
Kevin is onto it, nikongirl? like in my emails, like kevin proberly said you can go outside do the bright sunny rule (make sure its bright n sunny haha) iso 100 F16 @ 125 you can bracket that if you want and one in four will be perfect - the f16 125 one. also like in my mail about hand reading as kevin says above but do the palm it will read ,,iso100 f16 @250 you know what to do add a stop F16 125 is good or any other in that exposue range - refer the email - hand reading i know its heaps you have been learning and great kevins on side hes brilliant keep at it great work. . a
bracketing is a good habit to get into. any given exposure may not come out even though your light meter says everything is correct. one thing you should keep in mind is that all light meters are dumb. and they only measure a very small portion of a scene, then average out everything else based on that reading. bracketing helps compensate for lighting anomalies by over and under exposing a picture. the great thing about this is that you may like the over or under better than the regular exposure. it gives you more to choose from and helps prevent losing images that you only shot once and for whatever reason didn't come out.
It depends on the camera you have, but yeah, bracketing means that you can choose from various exposures. If you have gigs and gigs of memory, by all means you can bracket all the time. But essentially, bracket was invented back in the film days when one photographer wasn't sure what exposure of a scene would be the prettiest and he had to shoot quick, quick, quick! Continuous mode, kinda like progressive mode, is more for actions shots, if you want to capture motion in a series. One press of the shutter gives you continuos clicking of the shutter. If you're shooting a car zooming past you, or maybe a runner just breasting the finishline tape, shift to continuous and you can get (depending on your camera) maybe four frames of the action one right after the other.
Bracketing to me is like shooting fish in a barrel with a shotgun and yes you will get a good image but I think it is better to get it right on the first go around by looking at your meter and seeing what your exposure is. As I mentioned to you in a previous mail go outside pick a subject (flower, house etc) and keeping your camera on that subject (I would suggest M manual settings) adjust your settings so your meter is balanced at zero or in the middle for what the camera says is a good picture. Now adjust your f~stop a couple of different settings UP and now DOWN. Look at the images on your computer and see which you think you like the most. Hope that helps, Kevin
