Hi, I have had great help so far with questions and figured I might as well pile them on tonight. 1. I took (am still relatively new to photography) some pictures of a family member in the family room here at home in the afternoon with bright sunlight directly behind him through four windows (only a few feet behind him actually) and the pictures turned up quite dark. I was about five feet in front of him. I used a Pentax ZX-7 in autofocus-program mode (auto picture). I believe that the camera under-exposed (metered) the light in the background (parts of the window were well-lit) and left the subject (my uncle) in the dark. Should I have overexposed the pic a few stops to accomodate this type of picture. I only took a few and didn't think anything of it until I got the pictures back and so what happened. What else could I have done? I don't have bracketing. Next, another problem. In the same batch of pictures, I took a picture of another family member with the light behind me through the windows. I was about two feet in front of the windows and my subject was about five feet in front of me. The pictures came back with a wierd color on them and a fake looking sort of flourescent light. Would this be backlighting and should I have covered the camera with something to get a better exposure? I hope this is not too much typing and information. I am a teacher and have a tendency to over-explain and in the process, miss out on a more simplified explanation that would probably make more sense anyway. Oh well, Thanks in advance, Scott - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org.
