If you took a spotmeter reading off of her face and she is a caucasian of moderate complexion, give her one stop more exposure than what the meter read. Your grey card reading in the same plane as her face should indicate more exposure unless her skin is quite dark. Depending on the film, I would add at least half a stop of exposure. Forget the black coat. It may well fall out of the range. Paul
Denny B wrote: > I have a six year old little girl sitting on a stool and being > illuminated by daylight coming through a large balcony plain glass window, she > is facing the > window directly, sunny day lots of light. > The little girl has on a red dress and a black coat all done up ready > to go out with her parents. I have been asked to take a picture of this little > girl > dressed as stated and have metered her face flesh tone with a Pentax V > Spotmeter and it > measures18% grayscale or V (using zone system) have checked her face flesh > tone > using a Kodak 18% graycard and they almost measure identical. > I will be using color negative film and as you know for color negative > film they say expose for the shadows. (Bracketing aside) to make an accurate > exposure > evaluation, is it correct for me to use the child's flesh tone and set the > exposure > for her flesh tone, or should I take a reading of her black coat (Zone III two > stops less > then her flesh tone) and set the exposure for the coat.. > I will just be taking a picture of the upper part of the child. > > Is there a definite rule to measure this exposure or is it arbitrary > with many different scenarios when it comes to taking this picture. > I am not looking for any special effects and the child > will be evenly lighted by daylight only. > > Your answer much appreciated > > thanks in advance > Denny B > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
