Photo Answers
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Correcting a dark exposure
Q As a newbie to photography, having just bought a second-hand Canon DSLR, I’m struggling with exposure. I shoot in Aperture Priority mode and while I get it right sometimes, more often than not the exposure is darker than I think it should be. How can I correct this? Bonnie Moffat
You’re doing nothing wrong, Bonnie, but your camera’s metering system isn’t always giving you the result you want. To some degree, exposure is also subjective, and it could be that your creative vision wants your images as light as they can be within the camera’s dynamic range. Stick with Aperture Priority mode, then make sure you are using your camera’s average metering mode – it’ll be Evaluative or Matrix, depending on the model. While this isn’t necessarily always the best metering mode, it will
