I don't think you'll get good results with matrix, Walt. You've got a similar challenge as in stage performance shooting. You've got a low-key environment, much of it in darkness, punctuated with bright spot lights and internally lit objects (eg the jukebox). If you go matrix metering I think you'll generally end up with very dark faces and well exposed jukeboxes. :-)
I'd consider going for spot metering. When I'm shooting stage performers I consider their face to be be key and I spot meter off that. Then I add two thirds of a stop because caucasian skin isn't 18% grey. That gets me pretty good exposures. This will get you blown out jukeboxes unfortunately, but you need to take other steps to deal with that, like different framing, getting it behind your subject, or fixing in post. On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Dan. > > I can't help wondering if I should have used matrix metering instead > center-weighted average on it, which is what I usually keep it on when > shooting at work. > > I need to do more experimenting. > > -- Walt > > > On 4/24/2013 7:53 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> The portrait is quite strong and effective, but the bright object on >> his left shoulder is distracting. >> >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Here's another one of my workplace shots, this one of a daily customer. >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8678146012/ >>> <http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8678146012/> >>> K-5, FA 50/1.4, ISO 6400, 1/60 >>> >>> Glenn was as much a preening dandy as you could imagine just a few years >>> ago. Since then, his longtime live-in girlfriend left him and he's thrown >>> in >>> the towel over the past couple of years. I thought this shot captured the >>> grimness of his descent. >>> >>> Comments and suggestions appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> P/S: The K-5 is still impressing the hell out of me in low light. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
