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       Shoot to the Right
       By: ianplant Date: August 18, 2015, 1:35 pm
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       I'm often asked about proper exposure for an image. Some of you
       might have heard that you should expose or shoot "to the right."
       Here's what that means. Digital files capture more detail in
       bright areas of the photograph than in dark areas. “Shooting to
       the right” simply means pushing your histogram as much to the
       right side as possible, without overexposing (“clipping”) your
       highlights. Digital sensors don’t handle overblown highlights
       very well, so be very careful to avoid any spikes on the right
       side of the histogram, which represents overexposure.
       Underexposed files will look noisy when you try to brighten
       them. A properly exposed image will avoid spikes on the left and
       the right of the histogram, with the overall histogram pushed as
       far to the right as possible. When exposing to the right, the
       resulting exposure might not look “correct” to your eyes; don’t
       worry, you can adjust the exposure when processing the raw file.
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