So I woke up and had a cup of coffee that Erica had made. "Amazing" I said, t"he coffee here tastes so much better than at home. Let's buy some extra to bring home." the she told me I was crazy, since we brought this coffee from home.
Everything tastes better on vacation. Even cheap beer.
Things look better on vacation too, and it's your job as a photographer to come back with photos that will remind you of how great it is to be on vacation
I was trying to capture the light coming through my beer with my iPhone. And the exposure of these phone pics is fully automatic. This backlit scene needed mor light.
Just taking the shot causes a darkish shot because of the back lighting. What to do? I could switch to my dslr and fiddle with the exposure compensation, but I wanted a challenge, so I was going to fool the iPhone into adding more light to the photo like in the top example.
To do this I simply focused the pic on the table by turning the cam down and getting rid of the exposure, the table was in the shade so it automatically added more light to the scene. Then quickly I brought the camera back up to the position to grab this shot and took the pic before the camera could recalibrate it's exposure. I, in a way, fooled the iPhone into adding more light to the exposure. It's a fun iPhone trick that also works with most fully automatic cameras.
You can also do a similar trick with your fancy dslr. You can lock the exposure, even in an automatic mode, by pointing the camera to a non back lit area, pushing the exposure lock button, then recomposing. It is easier with the dslr because once the exposure is locked you have all the time you need to take the picture. With the iPhone trick you have to be fast, and that takes practice.
Good luck, let me know how you like this tip, or let me know if you think I'm delusional. Email me personally at Soren@fortunephotobooth.com
Cheers!
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