Exposure compensation, white balance and flash modes are all settings that are available on most simple point and shoot digital cameras but all tend to be underused by the beginning photographer. Exposure compensation can help you adjust your camera to difficult lighting conditions. For example, if you are shooting a photo of a person with a bright light in the background, that person’s face will be in shadow and detail will be lost. Setting the exposure compensation to focus on facial detail will create a clearer image.

White balance keeps artificial lighting (like fluorescent light) from casting a greenish hue to facial colors. Flash modes are greatly neglected but can help improve a shot under many lighting conditions. While most people set their digital to auto-flash and leave it there, using the force-flash setting can highlight facial features when photographing a subject in outdoor shadows. It doesn’t take long to become familiar with these basic features and there is no harm in experimenting them, since no film is involved to waste. Learning to use them can result in greatly improved photographs.

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