I’ve only been into photography for close to two years, I have just came off of an Olympus E510 to an EOS 50D.

Most of what I do is outdoors/landscape, low light indoors, architectural, evening city-scape shots etc. One of my biggest gripes with the E510 (other than the nasty white balance control, in which Custom WB mode was no better), was it’s noise factor and high light clipping. I have found that my new Canon exceeds the Oly in these areas but high light clipping is still something the photographer battles (even with full frame cameras).

What are some your best methods for controlling high lights if you are an amature with no metering gear ?

I use a Canon EOS 50D, and like the 40D, there is a high light tone priority mode but this reduces my ISO expandability option and I cannot shoot in ISO 100 when using this mode. Most people I have talk to do not use this feature. Is there a more preferable method for reducing high lights? I have found, that under exposing wasn’t always the solution, as I would also end up with too dark a scene/subject while doing this. For example, if I took some shots along the coast on a foggy/cloudy day and light being as poor as it is on those days, underexposing would only resul in too dark a scene, yet grays in the sky become too white, loosing the detail in the clouds. The closest thing I have found was spot metering but this delivers me a mixed bag of results, perhaps because the meter jumps around like crazy and I’m not exactly sure where I should be locking the exposure in on. HDR is great but are there any more “on the fly” solutions? Perhaps tweaking out contrast settings?

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The F16 rule guides your aperture settings outdoors in bright sunlight. Learn how to shoot photographs outdoors with the F16 rule from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

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The F16 rule guides your aperture settings outdoors in bright sunlight. Learn how to shoot photographs outdoors with the F16 rule from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

Expert: Michael Seto
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Bio: Michael Seto has been taking pictures for 25 years and works as a freelance photographer in NYC in a number of commercial imagery disciplines.
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Use reflectors for on location photography to remove dark shadows. Learn how to shoot photographs outdoors with reflectors from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

Expert: Michael Seto
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Bio: Michael Seto has been taking pictures for 25 years and works as a freelance photographer in NYC in a number of commercial imagery disciplines.
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Use reflectors for on location photography to remove dark shadows. Learn how to shoot photographs outdoors with reflectors from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

Expert: Michael Seto
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Bio: Michael Seto has been taking pictures for 25 years and works as a freelance photographer in NYC in a number of commercial imagery disciplines.
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Getting portable camera gear for on location shoots is a must. Learn how to carry camera gear for outdoor photography from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

Expert: Michael Seto
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Getting portable camera gear for on location shoots is a must. Learn how to carry camera gear for outdoor photography from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

Expert: Michael Seto
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Bio: Michael Seto has been taking pictures for 25 years and works as a freelance photographer in NYC in a number of commercial imagery disciplines.
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Photography equipment for on location shooting includes light diffusers and reflectors. Learn equipment to shoot photographs outdoors from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

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Camera gear for outdoor shooting includes memory cards, filters and simple tools like a Leatherman. Learn gear for shooting photographs outdoors from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

Expert: Michael Seto
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