In regards to the information about an underexposing or overexposing of a photograph, the results would differ in the old school world of film (that is when shooting negative film, vs. positive slides). I know there are a few out there who are resisting the digital age, and that’s okay! I wish I sitll had access to a darkroom!

In the old days of film (or current for some), if a photo (negative) was underexposed this would produce a virtually transparent negative with hardly any image being captured. This usually meant that all hope of correcting the exposure in the dark room was lost. No image on the neg means no image on the photo paper.

If a photo (negative) was overexposed, this meant too much light entered through the camera lens, and, subsequently, onto the film. This would have produced an expremely dark image on the negative, though it still would have been captured. Once in the darkroom, a longer exposure would be necessary to pass through the ‘dense’ negative. I can recall enlarger exposure times of over 30 or 45 seconds!

If you’re negatives came out dark from the developing cans, you were able to breathe a sigh of relief. I they came out ‘thin’ or clear, there was an extreme sense of lost!

My how photography has changed! Now you can just check out the exposure on the back of your camera and know right away whether or not you got your ‘money shot’.

Happy shooting,

Jason Hernandez

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