Have you heard of exposure bracketing?
Maybe youve heard of high dynamic range photoswell, theyre the same thing.
it’s possible for you to easily step up your photography and post-production game with exposure bracketing.
Its simple to do and has plenty of uses to yield great results.
What Is Exposure Bracketing?
The best thing about your cameras bracketing setting is you barely have to do anything to use it.
Once its switched on, just press your shutter as normal, and youve taken bracketed photos.
Once you learn about exposure bracketing, youll also want toknow about focus stacking.
How to Use Exposure Bracketing on a DSLR
Most DSLRs have a bracketing setting.
Some point-and-shoot cameras could also have one.
You might have seen the bracketing setting but didnt realize what it was.
Most DSLRs label their bracketing feature as AEB.
AEB stands for Automatic Exposure Bracketing.
Since this is the function itself, the Aautomatictakes care of the grisly details for you.
Any setting labeled AEB will be what youre looking for, and there should only be one.
Once you find it, select it.
How Many Shots Should You Take?
Most DSLRs automate to either three or five shots upon the shutter click.
If your camera allows you to set a certain number for AEB, then wed suggest three.
If youre experimenting or want to make a complex HDR, go for five.
This will give you a broader range of exposure values to edit together.
Set Your Exposure configs
Your cameras AEB setting gives you options for exposure levels.
One photo will be at the correct exposure based on your manual prefs.
For an HDR, extreme amounts will yield great results.
For most cameras, there are two options: taking each shot manually or using the continuous shooting mode.
Then press the shutter three (or five) times in a row.
Setting your camera to continuous shooting mode will likely yield better results.
You dont need to count them or pause between each frame.
Using continuous shooting helps minimize camera movements or subject movements since they are taken in such quick succession.
Exposure bracketing is just one ofmany uses for continuous shooting mode.
See ourbeginners guide to real estate photographyfor more on this.
Using a still subject is great for exposure bracketing as you know nothing will move between shots.
you’ve got the option to use the underexposed or overexposed images as an artistic choice, too.
There are plenty of fun artistic ways to play with exposure, includinglong exposure photography.
And it’s possible for you to do many creative things with your bracketed photos.
