How to Have Properly Exposed Videos

[Zach Goodwin2]

Start off with Auto exposure, then metering modes, and then the sunny 16 rule. Metering modes help since they help us guesstimate properly what we would want out of the camera and the same with a histogram. Histograms help as well. To use a histogramm ETTR as they say, which is expose to the right. Another thing I'd like to say is expose to the point where you clip highlights and then back down a stop until it's not clipping like in the histogram. Waveform monitor helps as well since waveform monitors give a reading like Histograms, and to use a waveform monitor you expose an area in the graph around 70-90 percent to get proper exposure. On a DSLR you can rely on spot metering mode or perhaps center evaluated metering mode. You can check whether or not you have the proper exposure by relying on a properly calibrated monitor and constantly checking the auto settings on the camera. Auto settings are a great learning tool. Also I may be the only one saying this, but being able to see the photograph or video is more important than noise or grain itself. So better a noisy well exposed video than a not noisy underexposed video. When you start having problems then you add more light or move to a spot or area in the room or place you are in which has more light or angle it in a way to create a silhouette.

 

Well how did they do it back in the 1950's or 1930's with black and white TV and films?

Sunny 16 rule and this:

 

Sunny 16 rule:

Lighting works like this, a large circle dot on a blank white piece of paper. There has to be a way that light forms to distinguish the subject from the background like a silhouette as well. Here is a movie scene that definately illustrates what I'm talking about:

 

But this also illustrates what I'm talking about as well:

 

[Zach Goodwin2]

Alright, ignoring how much of a rant and rave this appears, just use this tutorial as it'll have a better answer than I would

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htqrTTSZp-M