I have been taking photos of babies in white but when outdoors the white fabric results in a high glare that ruins the pic. Any ways to solve this problem ?
Are you using your histogram on the camera to see if the white highlights are blowing out? When this happens you need to change your settings and use the exposure compensation. Always best to not be in bright sunshine for shots as you will get this overexposure. You could place the babies/people in the shade and use a reflector to give some light. Sometimes if the white is slightly overexposed you can get back some detail in Lightroom. But really once you have completely blown out the white you have lost all the detail. There are other ways to bring down the glare - using filters etc and I am sure other people can give advice on using them. Hope this helps.
The Dynamic Range is more than the camera sensor can handle. As Pam @pamknowler said, dial in some exposure compensation, but then be prepared to have to process in something like Lightroom or Camera Raw to recover the shadows that have been driven dark. If you are using the advanced "semi auto" modes, probably A (Av if you are a canon person). Even P.
For an "automatic" metering, you might change the metering to "spot" or perhaps not so drastic "center weighted" and place the focus point on the white, lock the exposure (one the of the AE Lock/AF Lock button settings) then reframe, focus and shoot.
The new high end Nikon DSLRs have a fourth mode, "Highlight Weighted" that finds the brightest highlights and adjusts the exposure automatically. Other cameras may have this mode, but I had not seen it until the Nikon D810 and D750.
Cell phone cameras can meter on any spot you tap on, and some Compact System Cameras with a touch screen interface (the Lumix G and GH line for instance) similarly.
However you do it, you will still almost for sure have to process in Lightroom/ACR or similar to recover the dark shadows. Oh, and SHOOT RAW to give you much more flexibility in this recovery effort.
Another option Jo might be to use some fill flash in sunlight (along with exposure compensation) to brighten your shadows/darker tones so that the whites aren't so harsh. Someone bought me a soft box for my speedlite (last Christmas!?) and I haven't yet had a chance to play with it, but I imagine this might be the kind of situation where I would.
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For an "automatic" metering, you might change the metering to "spot" or perhaps not so drastic "center weighted" and place the focus point on the white, lock the exposure (one the of the AE Lock/AF Lock button settings) then reframe, focus and shoot.
The new high end Nikon DSLRs have a fourth mode, "Highlight Weighted" that finds the brightest highlights and adjusts the exposure automatically. Other cameras may have this mode, but I had not seen it until the Nikon D810 and D750.
Cell phone cameras can meter on any spot you tap on, and some Compact System Cameras with a touch screen interface (the Lumix G and GH line for instance) similarly.
However you do it, you will still almost for sure have to process in Lightroom/ACR or similar to recover the dark shadows. Oh, and SHOOT RAW to give you much more flexibility in this recovery effort.