If you're struggling to batch edit your images when you've been shooting outdoors because the lighting was so inconsistent,

If you're struggling to batch edit your images when you've been shooting outdoors because the lighting was so inconsistent, there's one setting on your camera you can change that might help you out. Hey, Nancy, would you recommend keeping your ISO in auto for outdoor portrait shots when constantly moving locations? I am having difficulty in Lightroom to edit large batches of photos. I find the lighting changes too much when I do it manually and it makes editing that much more difficult. The answer is definitely yes. If it makes your life easier to get consistent exposure by using auto ISO, definitely use it. But there's a couple of extra pro tips I need to give you to get the best exposure outcome. If the lighting is still looking very inconsistent, the problem is your metering mode. Most cameras are on evaluative or matrix metering. So what this means is that your camera is looking at the entire frame to guess what the exposure should be. So it can be easily fooled if there's a really bright sky behind you or a dark line of trees. So instead, I encourage you to switch your camera into spot metering. What this does is it makes sure your camera only looks at your subject and wants to get the exposure correct on your subject. It's going to disregard what's going on in the background. Now one more thing here, exposure compensation might become your new best friend if you're using auto ISO while in manual mode. If you're looking at your shot and it seems a little too bright, you can use the exposure compensation button to tell your camera to make the shot a little brighter or a little darker by either raising the ISO or lowering it. If you've got follow-up questions or anything else, I'm here for you. You can also check out my website NancySmiley.com. I have tons of free resources to help beginners at all skill levels. So I'll see you there. Bye.