Tricky Metering Situations and Playing with exposure

Motion Shots in Bright Light

• If it is very bright where you are shooting and you are trying to get motion blur– You will have to set your ISO as low as

possible– If that doesn’t work, your only alternative is to

use a neutral density filter

Backlighting

• When bright light is coming from behind your subject you may unintentionally get a silhouette

• To reduce the silhouette and get your subject correctly exposed you can:– 1. meter closely on your subject– 2. Use your flash to illuminate your subject (fill flash)

• To emphasize silhouette meter on light coming from behind your subject

Backlighting controlled with Exposure

Fill Flash

Fill Flash

Silhouette

Silhouette

Flare

• To avoid flare use a lens hood and shoot away from the sun

• To emphasize flare shoot toward your light source – To make it even more pronounced have an

object partially covering by your light source

Flare

Flare

Flare

Bright Objects and Dark Objects

• When photographing bright objects (sand, snow, white buildings) your meter may be fooled by the brightness– You may have to over or under expose to get

the right exposure

• The same is true of dark scenes– You may have to give more or less exposure

than you meter tells you

Choices in Exposure

• You can choose a slightly light or dark image to enhance the feeling of your image

• You still need to be within acceptable bounds– You don’t want blown out whites or

excessively blocked up blacks

High Key/ Lighter Exposure

Make sure your blacks don’t get washed out

Low Key/Darker Exposure