How do you take pictures in the sun without your photos coming out dark? i have a nikon d70?

Answer 1

Use a flash, or a reflector to light up the darker areas. The sun tends to overwhelm the automatic exposure metering, and to avoid overexposed pictures, you usually have a small apeture and fast shutter speed, so the dark areas become underexposed.

Answer 2

The problem is that something bright in the picture is fooling the camera's light sensors, making your main subject appear dark.

Not sure of exactly what the bright objects are in your case (either sunlit objects, or the sun itself?), but here are my suggestions:

1. Take pictures so that the sun itself is NOT in the picture.

2. If the main subject is shaded, and the picture includes sunlit, unshaded objects, the subject will look dark. Either move the subject out of the shade, or wait for a time of day when it is not shaded. OR, zoom in /move closer to the subject so that the sunlit objects are not in the picture (i.e. the picture has only shade in it).

3. The D70 probably has an exposure-value (EV) setting. Take pictures with the EV set at +1, +2, (and higher, if you can) and see which setting works the best. When you're finished, you'll probably want to set the EV back to 0.

Answer 3

If the light from the flash is too harsh then use a thin tissue or something to diffuse it a bit. If the model is getting reflections then use some make-up on her face. Don't use Aperture mode. If it's dark you'll end up with an exposure of a few seconds. I'd use Manual, 1/60s, or 1/125s, and select the aperture to suit. You'll have to experiment a bit because the flash exposure will depend on the lens you're using and how far you are from the model. The flash itself will have a Guide number that tells you the distance it can be used over at different apertures.

Answer 4

Check out the website "nikonians.org" It's the ultimate source for all questions regarding Nikon cameras.

Answer 5

Try this. I assume if the sun is out, the sky is reasonably clear. Try taking your exposure reading off of the sky, then bracket on either side of that setting. I find that most of the time this works pretty well.

Answer 6

use the fastest shutter speed and the highest number F-stop. (i.e. the smallest lens diameter).
Good luck
& great pictures,
Dan the Answers-Man

Answer 7

try to keep the sun behind you,use your built in flash to blow out shadows.you can try google picasa its a free image program and you can lighten your images.
hope this helps.

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Answer 8

Try using your flash on the subject. It's called fill-flash.

Answer 9

do the moon instead, youre just wreaking your lens.