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Re: WinPlotter on my Mac (w/Fusion)

Miles Nelson, M.D.

20:04 9 Mar 08

Portrait incident metering technique

Stephen E. Sample

19:46 13 Nov 07

Re: Portrait incident metering technique

Steve Nicholls

16:03 14 Nov 07

My method for incident portrait is as follows.

Take a highlight reading unobstructed with the dome towawds the lens but very slightly favouring the main light source.

For the shadow you can very accurately simulate the shadow conditions by shading the dome of the meter to represent the shadow you wish to capture. Remember under a hat etc will have a fairly deep shadow unless you can somehow reflect light back into that area.

Look at the shadow in the scene and you will be able to replicate that very easily. There are shadows under noses and in eye sockets etc to give you guidance.

The deeper into the shadow [darker shadow] the more shadow detail, the more exposure and the greater the subject brightness range. The less you read a shadow the less shadow detail and the less the subject brightness range.

I make certain my incident dome for the shadow reading is well shaded but not fully blocked from light of course, to ensure good exposure and a portrait with nice tonal range.