Grit. I love semi-ambiguous subjects, if you couldn’t tell. They leave room for interpretation and that is a good thing when it comes to photography. Grit, and how you define it, is up to you but with this week’s challenge I want you to get close and personal with your subject.
This week’s topic is Grit
Grit will be hard to show from a standing point of view. You’re going to have to get on the ground or stairs or wherever you find grit to get those shots.
And to get to know your camera a bit better, I would like you to concentrate on using your camera’s Exposure Compensation/Bias. How would you use it to show grit? That’s for you to figure out. Maybe it’s making the image darker to be moodier. Maybe you might want to lighten things up to pinpoint the grit. Either way, your camera doesn’t know the mood you want to convey, you have to take over and tell it.
Post your example with a link in the comments section below before Monday night.
As you see it, what is the advantage of using the exposure compensation button rather than just bracketing manually?
If you know your camera well, it helps get the exposure you want rather than the ‘right’ exposure the camera wants. The advantage is taking the right photo the first time and literally 2 extra shots. Also, with bracketing you can usually pick just one setting over and under, and if you want to adjust, you take another string of photos. With bias, if your one shot at -1 1/3 didn’t come out, just dial down to -1 2/3 and get the one you want. Now you have saved 4 extra photos.
It’s just less clutter.
Here’s my interpretation.
http://2zars.com/photoblog/2011/07/grit/