Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/30

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Subject: [Leica] Exposure for Photographing people who have dark skin.
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Thu Dec 30 19:39:39 2004
References: <200412301737.iBUHXiQo011777@server1.waverley.reid.org> <069101c4eed9$8804daf0$0ae47d80@KRIEGERLPT>
 
When I shoot portraits of people whose skin does not have a reflectance of 
18%, I meter off the back of my own hand. If I'm trying to act more 
professional, I ask them to hold an 18% gray card just under their chin, and 
I meter off that.

This is easy to do in a posed environment.

For shooting more random shots, my preference is to turn off automatic 
metering, meter on my own hand, and then shoot until I think the light has 
changed enough to warrant re-metering.
Replies: Reply from mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura) ([Leica] Exposure for Photographing people who have dark skin.)
 In reply to: Message from krieger at usc.edu (Martin Krieger) ([Leica] Exposure for Photographing people who have dark skin.)