Wednesday, May 8, 2013

St. Benedict Statue: Exposure compensation exercise


Exposure compensation is a tool that I learned where it will help me capture wonderful photos. Exposure compensation is when you adjust your lighting on your camera to capture a photo in either a bright or dull place. I was assigned to capture three scenes where I had to use four kinds of exposure. I had to use +2+1 (over exposure), 0 (good exposure), and -1 (under exposure). I took a photo of Father Benedict, who is the founder of the monastic life of the monks here at St. Benedict's Prep. With this statue I was able to take a fragment of it and test the four kinds of exposure compensation. It was my first time using it but I was still able to capture awesome pictures.
            In the end I found out that my favorite exposure compensation is -1 (under exposure), because I was able to capture Benedict's facial texture in the shot. Unlike the other pictures where the exposure is 0 and above, it would be too bright that I wasn't able to see certain parts of the face or other words the texture. The order of my pictures and its exposure is -1, 0, +1, +2. 




1 comment:

  1. Love the pictures,I understand what you are talking about with over exposing and under exposing the photos. Great shots, a lot of people would have taken this with the statue in the middle of the frame but having it off to the side makes it look a lot better. Great pictures!!

    - Brillant

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