And keep in mind that this is all counterintuitive - like shooting black
people; you'd think you'd want to open up because that's what the meter
will tell you to do - when in fact you want to either keep the exposure
for the overall scene and burn in the subjects, or you want to reduce
the exposure.
B. D.
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Think of it this way -- the camera's meter will give you the exposure to
render what it sees as a neutral grey. If what is sees (averaged
together) is grey, that's fine. But if it's looking at a polar bear in
a white tile bathroom -- or a white sand beach -- it will try to
"darken" the exposure to make it appear neutral grey. Just the opposite
happens when your subject is wearing a black suit in a dark paneled room
-- the meter will give you the exposure to "lighten" everything until it
looks grey. In the first case, you'll want to change the exposure the
meter says to use to make the sand look white instead of grey by
increasing the exposure. In the latter case, you will need to reduce
the exposure to make the dark background look dark instead of grey. The
"art" is deciding just how much to lighten or darken!
Albert wrote:
> I recalled my friend said I had to compensate when taking pictures at
> the beach... I assume for the reflection of the sand, but don't
> recall..
>
> So do I want to stop down 1 stop? Or I want to open 1 stop?
>
> Albert
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