How to see and interpret histograms?
Most high-end point-and-shoot cameras and almost all digital SLR cameras are equipped to display the histogram on their LCD screen. Refer to your digital camera’s manual to find out how to view the histogram of an image. Advanced image processing software, like Photoshop and Gimp, can also be used to see the histograms once you load the image onto a computer. For a dark or under-exposed image, the histogram is usually taller at the left side of the graph. A histogram of a bright image is taller on the right side. The images below demonstrate interpretation of a histogram. Here, a sample subject is shot three times, each time with a different exposure. Along with each image is the histogram corresponding to it.
