Ques re: bright white washed out look

I recently got my first iSight and when I hook it up and look at the video picture in iChat, I can see a decent quality picture when I point it out my window to the street in front of my house.
I recently am trying a software security program called SecuritySpy and using my iSight as the camera. While in that program the picture quality is fine whenI am pointing the camera at myself using my computer and my shutters on the windows are closed. When I point it outside my window to the street, the picture is completely washed out and doesn't adjust itself to a clear picture.
I did adjust some camera settings within the SecuritySpy program but very delicately.
Any suggestions as to why the washout when using this program?

I went into the SecuritySpy settings and clicked default and after that the camera works fine now when I point it out my window. I answered my own question

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