 Kylie M. Winder |
Photographing people with super dark skin Has anyone taken great images of people with really dark skin? I will be photographing some Sudanese people - their skin is black black black. I was going to take photos of them in a park. Should I just try to expose for their face? It will be family portraits - don't want the bg to be too overexposed then. Not sure what do do. thanks :)
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Lynn R. Powers |
Having to shoot a wedding with a very pale blonde bride in a white gown and a very black groom in a black tux I feel your pain. :-) IF you have a grey sky that goes from horizon to horizon, like we have often in the PNW, take a reading of the northern sky and add one f stop compensation. If it is a bright or sunny day take a spot meter reading of a face and add 1 1/2 f stops of compensation. With either that will be a starting point so be prepared to take a few shots at the beginning, do some chimping and compensation adjustments until you have it correct. Shoot in RAW or RAW+JPEG so when you open the RAW image you will be able to adjust the exposure there. Of course you will be able to make use of "Fill" also as well as the rest of the tools that RAW has available. Try not to have a cluttered background behind them unless it is a million feet away. but being that is impractical try to keep it at least 20 feet away and open up your lens and get closer. You have some lovely photos in your gallery so I realize you know how to crop tight while shooting for portraits but for full length shots open up your lens so that sharp focus doesn't make the background sharp also. Only the subject needs to be sharp. Good Luck.
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