Why You Need Perfect Exposure in Digital Photography

Written by Gregory Cazillo Thursday, January 26, 2012 09:24

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Underexposure is THE ENEMY of digital photographs! In this video I show you how underexposure can ruin a photo, losing color & adding tons of noise to a photograph. When you underexpose you dramatically lower the dynamic range of the captured image. Your camera might have 10 or 12 stops of dynamic range (which you paid a lot of money for) but if you don't expose properly you are wasting those capabilities.

I've noticed over the years many people are afraid of high ISO. I show you how exposing properly with high ISO can produce better results, check out the video!

Expose for the Highlights, Print for the Shadows - Photography Quick Tip #8

Written by Gregory Cazillo Tuesday, January 24, 2012 09:55

You should be setting your camera's exposure with the highlights in mind. Be careful not to overexpose important parts of the image by using the histogram. Exposing this way will give you the maximum amount of data to create better & more colorful images.

Next step is editing your photo.  Its easy to adjust your shadows in Lightroom to have a full tonal range.  Check out the video!

You should also check out my video Why You Need Perfect Exposure in Digital Photography that shows you what the effect of underexposure can do to an image.

Adobe Lightroom 4 Develop Panel

Written by Gregory Cazillo Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:10

Adobe Lightroom 4 Develop panel has changed a bit with the inclusion of the new 2012 process.  There are a couple of tricks to showing the panel as well as editing with the new sliders.  Having the new Highlights, Shadows, Whites & Blacks sliders will definitely make our lives a bit easier, at least after we get used to them...Check out the video!

Change Your Camera Angle - Photography Quick Tip #7

Written by Gregory Cazillo Tuesday, January 17, 2012 09:50

Don't be afraid to experiment with your camera angle when taking photographs. Sometimes a low, high or different point of view can make all the difference in a photograph allowing to tell a better story about its subject.