What is the term for taking a sequence of photographs at different exposures, including the metered exposure?

• A. Overexposure
• B. Bracketing
• C. Metering
• D. Underexposure

Answer: (B)

Bracketing is the practice of taking a series of photos at different exposure settings, usually including the camera’s metered exposure. The goal is to capture a range from darker to brighter so you have options if the metered shot isn’t perfect or if you plan to blend images for more detail in shadows and highlights. It’s especially common in high-contrast scenes or when creating HDR images.

Overexposure and underexposure describe how bright or dark a final image ends up, not the method of shooting multiple exposures, so they don’t fit as the term for this practice. Metering is the process of measuring the scene’s light to determine a good exposure, not the act of taking several exposures.