Scott, there are two possible solutions to this problem.
1. Increased exposure. You can do this several ways. The
simplest is to move in close and get a reading from the subject
only, holding the exposure lock move back and take the picture.
You can also dial in a couple of stops of exposure compensation
(overexposure).
2. You can use fill flash to brighten the subject a couple of
stops. If you get it just right this has the advantage of
making the exposure out the window match the exposure of the
subject.
--Tom
Scott Dillard wrote:
>
> 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.
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