EchoingWhisper
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Where should I expose for portraits? Should I expose for the shadow or highlights of the faces?
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The "rule" I've always heard for digital is when in doubt expose for the highlights* and capture as much light data as possible. Then in editing you can pull back the exposure to the effect you want. This being better than pushing the photo up from the shadows and thus generating/revealing more noise. That's at least the basic idea of expose to the right method.
* saying that I probably mean more expose for the brights as opposed to highlights - since things like bright eye highlights would easily have the rest of the shot very underexposed by virtue of their much brighter light - and their size makes them unnoticeable even when overexposed)
Which means I have to find a middle point for both the highlights and the shadows. Don't seem like an easy thing to do.
EchoingWhisper said:Which means I have to find a middle point for both the highlights and the shadows. Don't seem like an easy thing to do.
Which means I have to find a middle point for both the highlights and the shadows. Don't seem like an easy thing to do.
Should be you have a Nikon
EchoingWhisper said:Which means I have to find a middle point for both the highlights and the shadows. Don't seem like an easy thing to do.
It's not lol. I drive myself nuts still. That's where spot metering comes in. I haven't tried it in the sun or with flash yet lol. I'm still trying to learn it without. I'm talking a huge difference though. Like a person with darker skin wearing a white shirt. I'll learn it though.
Which means I have to find a middle point for both the highlights and the shadows. Don't seem like an easy thing to do.
Should be you have a Nikon
lol, it's not Nikon's problem, more like my problem. I do use my friends' Canons quite often. Canon have the same problem, so most likely I'm just nitpicky.
EchoingWhisper said:My spot meter covers too much to be useful. In many cases, it's just too large. Really hope that I could select the spot size.