Bracketing :

[Seawolf66]

When I do a a bracketing shot I go one all the way to the left and then to all the way to right and then back to center

that should -1 and center +1 am I correct on this matter:

If so then when I do a HDR all my bracketing show up as negative and no positives is this normal for HDR software :

or is my camera doing something wrong : Lauren

[_Provo_]

Should've asked this question in the HDR section.

But to answer your question

When you want to do HDR you do not pan
your compensation. If you are
manually bracketing your shots
then your composition remains the same
and you would start from either side
-2EV, O, +2EV

here's a visual representation