Side profile of a young girl stood in a mass of bluebells
Black and white photo of parents playing tag with two small children in a park
Toddler feeding white geese with her parents

PERFECTLY EXPOSED

OVER-EXPOSED

UNDER-EXPOSED

The camera has not received enough light so the photo comes out too dark and colours are lost.

The camera has received too much light so the photo looks really bright and colours are washed out.

The camera has received exactly the right amount of light so the photo is pleasing to the eye!

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ADD MORE LIGHT!

Add enough light in to

fill the glass to the top!

If a photo is under-exposed, we can add more light into the camera to ensure it becomes well exposed. We can do this using the aperture, shutter speed or ISO - the three elements of the exposure triangle.

REMOVE LIGHT!

Cut out the extra light

so the glass is full

but not over flowing!

Let's discover how aperture

can add or remove light

from the camera!