Bracketing question from a newbie...

[ron dotson]

Particularly in Glamour and Nude photography do you still bracket your shots or rely mostly on post processing to make sure you get the image you want? I did a search and didn't find anything, so I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere.

Ron

[Kagemaru]

No. I just meter and chimp and if I don't have my light meter, I chimp a lot!

[Mark_Cohran]

I use a meter for strobes and get the exposure correct before I start shooting. No need to bracket under those circumstances. If I'm shooting outdoors and balancing ambient light and a strobe, I meter and check the histograms. Once again, I make every effort to get the exposure right from the start, but I seldom bracket.

[ron dotson]

Thanks very much for your help!!!

[nrellas]

Thanks very much for your help!!!

The histogram is your friend....its the most underused part of digital cameras and it will tell you everything you need to know

[Big Mike]

With this type of shooting, it's likely that you lighting will be fairly constant (unless you are constantly changing it)....so set up your lights and use whatever means to find the exposure you want...then leave it alone and concentrate on other things.

If you don't have a clear vision of what you want the shot to look like and you want to experiment with different exposures...that would be a time to bracket your shots...or at least make adjustments for your experiments.