No, I don't want to be a photographer, I don't have enough patience with other people's kids. I kid, kind of. Anyway, I am still hanging with this because I want to finish something other than a Snickers bar, and while I am taking some great photos now, I want to know all of the things the Canon T2i can do.
We now get into some really technical stuff in the 31 Days To A Better Photo series. A histogram. What is it? Have you ever accidentally pushed the display button while viewing your photos on your camera? I think even some point and shoot cameras do this too. When you do, you change the ways that you are looking at your photo, and you get to this weird graph looking thing.
From what I have learned, the graph shows the colors in your photo. The far left of the graph represents black, and moving to the right, it shows the color until you hit the far right, which represents white. I hope that made a little sense.
So, what does that mean? Why do you need a histogram? Well, it's another way to find out how exposed your photo is. Sure you can look into your little screen, but it's not until you actually upload your picture on your computer that you actually see it in it's full glory. It's only a little two or three inch screen, it will usually look really good anyway.
Tomorrow, Darcy will discuss how to use the histogram to check the exposure to produce better photos.
And now...long and overdue...PICTURES OF THE GRANDKIDS!! You are welcome :)
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