Britney Spears and Washed Out Photos

What do they have in common? They are both overexposed. Just like too much press is not good for Britney, too much light is not good for digital images. Overexposure (too much light) makes photos too light and lose highlight detail. This is a real problem for digital photos because it can't be fully corrected even with the magic of Photoshop. How do we prevent overexposure? Unlike Britney we take control of our lives...er cameras and stop the madness of too much. How? If our results are consistently too light we need to check the EV setting (the +/- button) and make sure it is not set on anything other than zero. If it is already on zero then we should set it one click to the negative. On most all cameras this will darken all expsoures by 1/3 of a stop.