backlit photo

[castlevent]

Hi beginner to photography with a question. I wish to send friends a picture of the view from my great room, the gulf of Mexico. However there is much more light outside than inside the condo causing the view thru the windows to be almost white. I tried with a flash and also added light to the room. Better but still not very good. The important part of the picture is the view thru windows. Can anyone help please.

[scootermcq]

Take 2 photos. Expose one of the inside & expose one of the view out the window. Combine them in Photoshop.

[CheaperKings]

Dragging the shutter will probably produce the results you want. You may also, depending how bright it is, close your apature down (bigger number)...

[Jim Bryant]

I expose for the background and use fill flash for the foreground. Just put camera on manual and play round with f-stop and shutter speeds until you get the right combination of the two.
This isn't rocket science, then again to some, maybe it is.

[i speak in math]

Put the camera in manual mode and change to spot metering mode. Take a reading of the outside. Take a picture to make sure it looks good. The outside should look good, but the inside will be black.

Next, use a flash (preferably something powerful and capable of bouncing). Put it in auto ttl mode and bounce it off the ceiling while using the same settings as before. This should light the inside of the room.

Now you have correctly lit outside and inside.

[gptwins]

In the situation you describe, the background is brighter than the foreground.

If I want to create a silhouette then I configure the camera for matrix metering or expose for the background. In this example I used center weighted and exposed for the bright sun.


In this example, I used matrix metering


If, however, I want to expose for the foreground, I use spot metering, pick a location to expose and take the picture.

[i speak in math]

Originally Posted by gptwins

In the situation you describe, the background is brighter than the foreground.

If I want to create a silhouette then I configure the camera for matrix metering or expose for the background. In this example I used center weighted and exposed for the bright sun.


In this example, I used matrix metering


If, however, I want to expose for the foreground, I use spot metering, pick a location to expose and take the picture.

They want both background and foreground exposed correctly, thus the tricky part.