Gamechanger: Exposure Compensation Demystified (VIDEO)

We recently featured a quick tutorial explaining how to use Tone Curve post-processing tools to rehabilitate poorly-exposed photographs. But most photographers prefer getting things right in the camera, and that’s what you’ll learn how to do in the next six minutes.

This tutorial comes from the Hamed Photography YouTube channel, a great source of instructional videos for elevating your skills, mastering camera techniques, and diving into the word of visual storytelling. Today’s six-minute episode demystifies your camera’s game-changing Exposure (EV) Compensation feature.

Hamed puts it like this: “Exposure Compensation is a crucial tool enabling photographers to control the brightness of their images in a way that aligns with their creative vision.”  And whether you’re using a DSLR, mirrorless camera, or even a full-featured compact, the proper use of EV-Compensation will transform under- or overexposed images—especially those captured under challenging light.

EV-Compensation is a vital skill for photographers of all skills levels, and here’s how it works: These settings allow you to adjust …