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Barbara Helgason
 

Where to meter a backlit sunset portrait?


 
 
I've been told to meter of off the sky or to meter off of someones face. The two are so different it doesn't make any sense to me. I am thinking of metering off of the sky then adding a fill flash. Last time I took sunset portrait I was terribly dissapointed. Faces underexposed, sky overexposed!! I'll include an example. Please someone help and tell me what I did wrong!


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September 21, 2005

 
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