Bracketing Technique

[eliaskok]

Is Bracketing good technique?

[zona5101]

Hi and welcome.

If you don't have a lot of time to chimp your back or look at the historgram then yes. Also if you are planning on HDR image and want an easy way to get your exposure spread.
But if you have the time, them instead of holding down the shutter for a 3 (or 5) shot burst, look at the back and make the proper exposure correction if any is needed.

[eliaskok]

What other techniques are good for the right(good) exposure?

[RichardTaylor]

Understand light (especially how much)
Understand the exposure triangle.
*** This will get you in the ball park

Understand how your camera meters a scene (this will help with light or dark subjects) and allow you to compensate if need be..

Know how to read a histogram.

Understand dynamic range.

[eliaskok]

Oh Thank you very much
also do you know what exposure techniques professional photographers use? (like sunny 16 rule, bracketing etc.)

[Elmo]

Originally Posted by eliaskok

also do you know what exposure techniques professional photographers use? (like sunny 16 rule, bracketing etc.)

See what Richard says above. proper exposure is the result of applying all those things. That is what a pro does.

[RichardTaylor]

I am just a hobbyst who mostly sees pros working at motor racing tracks.

They are only using their in camera metering system.

However there are other techniques you can use to measure and evaluate light, like an external light meter (especially if shooting in conditions where you can use an incident light meter) and the zone system.

[Doug Pardee]

Originally Posted by eliaskok

do you know what exposure techniques professional photographers use? (like sunny 16 rule, bracketing etc.)

There are no shortcuts.

From the September/October 2003 issue of Digital Photo Pro:

Exposure is always a problem. I don't care how long you've been in the business, exposure is a problem and you just never really know. The following story illustrates this point. Arnold Newman's influence by example and through teaching is unparalleled in the field of portraiture. He's without a doubt a fine photographic artist and craftsman with enormous experience.

Even so, Arnold once said to Eliot Elisofon (an even more senior photographer and one of the first Life photographers), "Eliot, I wish I could be more sure of my exposures. It's the biggest damn variable and it drives me nuts, trying to figure it out whether I got it or not."

Elisofon, who was magnificent technically, told Arnold that he could teach him a method that was foolproof. After two hours of instruction and conversation, Arnold said "Okay Eliot, I get it. And with this method you're certain that I'll have perfect exposures?"

Elisofon nodded in agreement and said, "Absolutely, certainly, but it would help if you bracket the hell out of it."

[ccting]

One thing good about d5100 is it enables you to take brackets +-3EV. Then combine those images using in-camera overlap function.. ;D

I usually get exposure by using grey card, zoom in so that it takes only the subject's exposure using point metering, get 1 shot, then matrix meter that covers all.. then combine two shots using in-camera overlap function. I am not sure whether i get it right or wrong....

I usually use +1EV flash compensation if the background is too bright..for the darker tone subject.

Currently learning studio lighting,... exposure along is a big subject

Too much to learn about photography... but i want fast result ..