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By Liz Masoner, About.com Guide to Photography

Lightening Up Dark Photos

Friday January 9, 2009
While blurry images may have been your number one pet peeve in photography, dark photos run a very close second. Photography is the art of recording light. And while there will always be instances when you either don't have enough light to take a photograph, or you must add more light with a flash, the most common cause of dark photos is simply that you didn't record the right amount of light. Why you didn't record the right amount of light is what you need to know in order to correct the problem in the future. Check out this article on preventing dark photos to help shed some light on your subjects.

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