Expose To The Right (ETR) and More

Some digital photographers pride themselves on “getting it right in-camera”: taking a photo that needs little development before printing or some other output. Some say it results in a more “real” photograph, usually accompanied by some bluster implying that any more work than that is introducing artificiality.

This is old film thinking. Digital is a different animal altogether, and it can record detail that a film camera can’t even hope to poke a stick at. So why in God’s name would you ask such a wonderful thing to behave like an old film camera? Unless you’re not interested in exploring new territory… the photographic revolution of digital…

IF you want to make the most of what quality your digital camera can capture, you need to understand how digital sensors behave in recording different tonal ranges, … Read More »