[Leica] Re: I'm shooting a wedding... what I did! ;-)

[Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>]

Wonderful dissertation Ted. This is exactly what I do in these and similar
situations and have even talked about numerous times.

But coming from you, it now YELLS out with "legitimacy." Folks "will"
listen to what "you" say and if they follow it, will make better
photographs as a result.

A good incident meter can make your day.

Jim

ps... I haven't forgotten about the book question... :-)


At 06:26 AM 12/26/00 -0800, Ted wrote:
>
>Hi Gary,
> As far as being a "tad nervous" with the R8 on manual it never crossed my 
>mind.
>When the R8 is on manual, it's on manual just like using an M. I used the
>incident reading to avoid exposure fluctuations due to the varying "background
>non reflective" oak walls.
>
>Once I had taken the light readings I knew they wouldn't change and noting
them
>on my hand in ink for quick reference when the bride moved from one
location to
>another made it easy to check rather than fishing around for a piece of 
>paper in
>my pocket.
>
>This was definitely a "little light / dark background situation" where it was
>necessary to base the exposure on the amount of light "falling on the subject"
>to be able to squeak as much use out of the light as possible.  There are
times
>when the amount of light falling on the subject is more important to exposure
>than what's being reflected to maintain a correct exposure.
>
>And trust me, this was one of those occasions where incident was the only 
>way to
>go, as the oak wall paneling varied in  shades of dark, darker and
darkest! :-)
>On top of that the bride wore a dress of a deep burgundy colour, so that 
>sure as
>hell wasn't any help either!
>
>A roll with a dozen negs has been souped as a "test roll" and it looks OK. So
>we'll finish the remaining rolls later today.
>
>ted Grant