I have this problem with the exposures of my pictures. I do everything that i am supposed to do. My teacher says that it is a light problem and i dont know how to fix it. I mean the pictures that I take out side come out really well, but when i do my inside black and white photos, the do not come out. I mean they come out a little but they dot not have any defining textures or lines.

-- Liz Spafford (dustystar75@hotmail.com), October 21, 2002

Answers

With out seeing the pictures you are having trouble with, it is difficult to say exactly what is the problem. But it probably is that your camera's meter is averaging the light in a low light situation and you end up with negative that has no density. To overcome this, don't use an automatic setting for exposure. Meter an 18% gray card in the same light your subject is and use that exposure. This should give you a better negative as all films have a lattitude around the 18% gray. And also bracket exposure a couple of f-stops above and below this exposure. E-mail me if you are still having problems

-- Greg Yancer (gyancer@cfl.rr.com), November 02, 2002.