Architecture on Kodak Portra 160 - how to meter?

Darryl Roberts

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• Aug 19, 2022

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Hi, I’ve been stalking this building. I have a 1 degree spot meter. What spot should I meter.?

Kodak Portra 160 at sunrise, golden hour

 

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MattKing

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• Aug 19, 2022

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I tweaked your thread title?
I like your reference to "stalking", but wonder if you are having trouble with the building moving.
The answer to your question turns a fair bit on how you visualize the result you want.
For example, dark and foreboding:

or glowing and golden:

 

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• Aug 20, 2022

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The answer is in the very last line below Matt's posting...