My apologies as I was also referring to monochrome photography. Color work is a very different animal, requiring expertise that I lack.
Gentlemen, although others also mentioned palm readings, my comment was meant to be tongue in cheek. Because, if you have a light meter in hand, why not simply meter the subject range? Are grey cards or palm readings even needed?
Assuming you have a way to place the gray card in the position you want for the sitter. An assistant comes in handy in those situations, both to take meter readings and to rehearse the pose and even to hold a reflector for fill. I would rather take the time to study the back of my hand in the window light to judge the best angle for the sitter than take a gray card reading. Taking a reading takes only a moment with the sitter in place, with or without a gray card.I can think of situations. For instance, suppose you want a portrait à la Jane Bown in natural window light of someone who hasn’t arrived yet, has only limited time to spare, and is known to hate being photographed. You’d want to figure out the best places to put the sitter in advance.
Similarly in street photography where the light may be constant but there are light and dark sides of the street.
Gentlemen, although others also mentioned palm readings, my comment was meant to be tongue in cheek. Because, if you have a light meter in hand, why not simply meter the subject range? Are grey cards or palm readings even needed?
Just adjust your setting for whatever your palm reads.
...indeed. The conundrum:
One needs the reference tonality surface to figure out how much you own palm deviates from the brightness that a lightmeter is calibrated to read per ISO standard.a bit like setting your watch to a second watch...is IT set to be correct/slow/fast?!
Not all folks use an incident meter. To 'have a meter' might mean nothing other than the reflected light meter built into the camera they have.
Not so. Just put a Styrofoam cup over the lens, and point it to where the camera will be. Instant incident meter. Wins hands down -- I mean palms down.
Not so. Just put a Styrofoam cup over the lens, and point it to where the camera will be. Instant incident meter. Wins hands down -- I mean palms down.
Would checking it in the noon day sun and using the f16 standard work?
I have a Kenyan friend of quite dark complexion, but whose palms are brighter than mine. But I also grew up among American Indians whose palms were nearly as dark as the rest of their skin, more like Zone III instead of Zone VI. You might conclude that is due to variations in genetics or is due to lifestyle, since that Indian tribe was still constantly handling oak derivatives high in tannic acid. Regardless, the whole point is not to cite Aristotle, but go directly to the horse's mouth. If your palm does not apply to the 1 EV-over generalization, then in your case, it simply doesn't work. In my case, one hand is relatively consistent, the other hand covered with age spots, both much darker and much lighter. But I use a spot meter and not averaging meter, so by the terms of this debate, I should put a label on my meter : "only read left hand".
I wonder what kind of sirius advice should be given to a photographer with albinism.
Of course - but in many situations, for ordinary folk, both an assistant and time would be quite a luxury, as would a reflector.Assuming you have a way to place the gray card in the position you want for the sitter. An assistant comes in handy in those situations, both to take meter readings and to rehearse the pose and even to hold a reflector for fill. I would rather take the time to study the back of my hand in the window light to judge the best angle for the sitter than take a gray card reading. Taking a reading takes only a moment with the sitter in place, with or without a gray card.
snusmumriken, nice portrait. Having an interest in historical dress, can I ask was it a play set in the late Elizabethan/ Jacobean era?
Many thanks! Daughters look best to their dads, of coursePretty daughter, nice shot.
Many thanks! Daughters look best to their dads, of course.
@pentaxuser: Not a play, just a costume day. This was supposedly Elizabethan, home-made as best she could.
Many thanks! Daughters look best to their dads, of course.
@pentaxuser: Not a play, just a costume day. This was supposedly Elizabethan, home-made as best she could.
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