Bracketing is shooting the same scene several times with different exposures, which can increase your chances of getting a good shot. Of course, first you have to understand exposures, but the good news is that on most digital SLRs, you can set AEB, or Automatic Exposure Bracketing, to quickly take multiple shots (usually three).
You can either put your camera in its aperture-priority mode and set the shutter speed or put it in shutter-priority mode and set the aperture. “Go at least in one-third increments,” Fielder says. “That way you can get a significantly different exposure, and essentially what you’re doing is upping your odds of having the photo turn out. It may be that there are only minute differences, but one will be just better enough than another that it can mean a great photo over a good one.”
