So far I haven't had problems with blown out background. But I will soon. Because now I will start to light it directly. I haven't had tools to trigger more than two flashes so far, but now I have extra triggers, opening up new possibilities.
What I've had metering difficulties with so far, is to see what part of the histogram that _is_ the skin tones. I'll pick up your idea of using the DSLR as a spot meter, by moving closer to meter. The technique is familiar to me, but I haven't thought about using it. Valuable input :-) Another thing I'm gone test out is to place the fill light closer to me, instead of placing where a reflector usually is used. When I get rich, I'm gone buy flashes with modelling light. I've found it really hard to place reflectors when I don't see where they bounce the light. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 Larry Colen <[email protected]>: > > On Mar 23, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > >> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/03/o-d-johnson.html >> >> Thanks a bunch guys. For speedy and constructive comments. >> Let me reply to the most important first. O. D. is my colleague, not my >> college. >> >> What I do for metering? Errrh. Does chimp count as metering ;-) >> What I do, is to chimp with histogram on. >> >> I'll most likely by a proper meter soon, but for the time being I must >> settle with the histogram. There so many other important tools I need. >> But I do need to be better at using the histogram. I've lost a few >> shots because I didn't pay enough attention to the exposure. With >> light background I'm usually OK, but I tend to misread the histogram, >> when I'm using the black background. > > I don't think you can get a better meter than the histogram. But, you got to > know how to use it. > > If you've got challenging lighting, like someone with a blowout white > background: Take a throwaway shot that just has what you care about the > exposure of in the frame, it doesn't even need to be in focus. That way the > only thing the histogram will be metering is what matters. > > Or do several of these on various portions of the frame. > > Of course, you can always bracket in tough lighting situations. This is, of > course, why I shoot so many frames. I try to take advantage of these features > of digital photography to make sure I get the shot. For that matter, when > I'm shooting film sometimes I use my DSLR as a light meter. > >> >> In the last one, I had to settle with this odd crop. At least for the >> time being. The reason is that I had the light stand in the frame. >> Stupid mistake. I could clone it out, but didn't have time to do it >> properly. >> >> -- >> MaritimTim >> >> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
