Most digital cameras provide ways to override the automatic exposure system to get the exposure you want. The most common choices are exposure compensation, exposure lock, or autoexposure bracketing.
Most digital cameras provide exposure compensation. What is exposure compensation -- and how do we use it to obtain better exposed pictures? This tutorial makes it all clear.
As you learn digital photography you’ll find terms that leave you wondering what on earth they mean. One of them is exposure compensation and sometimes known as aperture compensation or Ev. A technical term, but if you understand it will help make some of those good images great.