Harry Settle
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 11:38
In reference to an article on shooting digital wedding at the shootsmarter website, the photographer says:
1) I metered for the shot with a lightmeter
2) The dress was overexposed and the skin tone was muddy.
3) Histogram showed overexposure.
He bit the bullet and continued to shoot without making adjustments to the exposure and all of the prints came out fine, just like the meter indicated they should be. He stated that he was frightened and tended to make the adjustment, but didn't.
I was scared to death reading this and I wasn't even the photographer.
How do the rest of you handle situations like this? I would tend to drop my exposure, according to my histogram.
1) I metered for the shot with a lightmeter
2) The dress was overexposed and the skin tone was muddy.
3) Histogram showed overexposure.
He bit the bullet and continued to shoot without making adjustments to the exposure and all of the prints came out fine, just like the meter indicated they should be. He stated that he was frightened and tended to make the adjustment, but didn't.
I was scared to death reading this and I wasn't even the photographer.
How do the rest of you handle situations like this? I would tend to drop my exposure, according to my histogram.