Many of us have heard of bracketing and then discard it as something too difficult or impractical. But, this little technique can almost guarantee you the perfect exposure of an image every time. Let’s take a look at a few simple steps to great images.

In the old days of film photography it was difficult to bracket if you didn’t want to spend a lot of money in processing and printing costs. But now in the digital age where it costs nothing to shoot an image and nothing to review it on your PC monitor, we can all do it. Here is how it works.


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Exposure bracketing is a simple technique professional photographers use to ensure they properly expose their pictures, especially in challenging lighting situations.


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In short, bracketing is taking the same photo more than once using different settings for different exposures. Why would you do this? Say you’re photographing a mountain landscape. The grass would require one setting to be properly exposed, the mountains would require another and the sky yet another. But you can only choose one setting for one photo. Shoot! Now what? Try bracketing!


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