It’s easy to set exposure by eye. We’ve all done it. The problem is that the electronic viewfinder or LCD screen on your camera does not show a 100% accurate representation of what the sensor is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Learning to read a histogram will help remove some of the guesswork when dialing in your exposure ...

Your camera’s histogram display can be used to help you deal with subjects outside the sensor’s normal responses. This article follows on from our feature on using the histogram display to ensure ...

If you’re a relatively experienced photographer you probably have a basic understanding of your camera’s histogram, the graph that acts as a visualization of the light in a scene. But it’s commonly ...

How histograms can help you control key factors that affect exposure levels. Correct exposures are the first step towards usable image files and the histogram displays provided in most digital cameras ...

You can bring up your camera's histogram in Live View for a real-time preview to see whether the dynamic range of the scene (represented by the histogram) fits within the dynamic range of the sensor ...

Straightening, cropping, and removing red-eye are all fairly easy fixes to make to a photograph. Getting good tones, on the other hand, can be a more challenging problem. iPhoto’s Enhance button tries ...

Although it’s not hard to spot a bad image, figuring out exactly what to do to fix it isn’t always so easy. That’s one reason iPhoto 5’s new Adjust palette is so exciting. With the help of its ...