| Exposure Metering: Getting It
Right. Photography, as we all know it, involves painting with light. To do that, we need a camera, lens and film in order to translate the pre-visualized image into a picture. And a formed photographic image into a film (or digital sensor chip) is also an exposure. Getting the exposure right has always been a problem for most shutterbugs. And to a certain extent, advanced amateur and professional photographers. Nothing is more intimidating in photography than getting the exposures incorrect, especially so when the affected image is about a memorable moment/event in our lives.
The above images represent what are known as correct exposures - in other words, they are not over- or under-exposed photos. With EOS cameras, depending on the models, users can choose from metering patterns like Evaluative, Partial, Spot, Multi-spot and Center-weighted average. Each of these metering system can give you the correct exposure readings provided if you know how to make full use of them creatively. Yes, that's right. Some of you don't depend on the camera's built-in metering system, preferably to use the handheld incident meter. And there are others who prefer to set the aperture, shutter speed and focus manually so that they can "confidently" obtain correct exposures all the way without letting the camera decide it for them. Getting the exposures correct entails more than the above methods. Using a handheld incident meter is one thing. Simply set the shutter speed, aperture and focus the lens manually as according to what the camera's built-in metering has suggested or what the handheld incident meter has indicated are not good enough. You need to have the experience. The abilities to know when to apply exposure compensation when it is required and also to know when the camera's built-in metering don't give the correct readings in the first place. So it all boils down to knowing how well of one's experience is in deciding when and where to apply the necessary exposure compensations and get the photos you have pre-visualized right the first time around! Multi-zone Evaluative metering available in the EOS models is an excellent exposure tool in making your photos error-free, provided if you know their limitations and good points. The same applies to the other metering patterns like Partial, Spot and Multi-spot metering. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . |
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