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Problem with shooting with a bright white back drop
Old 03-09-2005, 03:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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For some reason I can't fix this one problem I have with shooting a model in front of a bright white back drop. Because of the nature of digital cameras and the way they meter the whole area I always seem to get under exposed images. The camera looks at all that bright white in the back drop and trys to adjust for that and so the model comes out under exsposed. If I use spot metering the images look all diferent. Some need less exp and some need more. What is the secret ?

I meter the model for f8 and the back drop f10 or f11.

There must be a way to get around this problem.. Help !

Thanks

Mike

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