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Old 07-09-2008, 02:56 PM
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Default Re: I'm new at this, can someone help?

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Originally Posted by Electricseashell View Post
Take a white piece of poster board ..place the light turned on on it snap the pic...
Which will result in the background looking gray.

He will need to dial in between one and two stops of exposure compensation. How to do this depends on the camera, either will a button or menu item labeled EV or +/-.
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