We all know that the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO form the Exposure triangle, controlling how light or dark our photos will turn out. However, in order to properly handle exposure one needs to shoot using the Manual Mode and fine-tune these three parameters by themselves.

Sometimes you just can’t use the Manual mode because it takes too much time to adjust the settings properly without losing the moment. If that’s your case—and at the same time you would like to take more control over the lighting—exposure Compensation is the answer. Let us explain what it is as well as when and how it should be used.

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