Gloomy skies are bad for photography but it doesn’t mean it has to be white-washed just so to make the sky appear clear.

At the time this photograph is taken, I haven’t yet known how to use the AE lock (exposure lock) function of my camera. It’s a useful trick if you want to take pictures of the sky as the eyes see it… with all the details intact without being white-washed as is the case when I took the picture below.

All Things Photography has a detailed explanation of what AE lock is about.

Certain point-and-shoot camera models, like the one I’m using — an old Canon Powershoot G6 — have AE lock function in them. This is another things to consider when buying a point-and-shoot camera — it’s good to have an AE lock function in them so that you can have more freedom to compose your shot.

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