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TROUBLESOME LIGHTING SITUATIONS
TO
AVOID
Face
in shade,
bright
sun behind.
Bright lamp behind or near subject.
When
you
aim your camera at a subject, the electric eye
measures
the
brightness of
the entire scene
and sets the
exposure
for
what it
"sees"
there.
As long as the light on
the
main subject is just about as bright as the light on the rest
of
the
scene, the picture will be well exposed.
However, if most of the light comes from behind your
subject, or if the light is brighter behind your subject than
in front, or
if there's a strong light in the scene, the
electric
eye
will
be "fooled" and your
picture will come out too dark.
That's what happened in the three picture situations shown
above. The subject's face is in the shade or in a fairly dim
light, but either the background
is
bright or
there's
a strong
light in the scene.
Try to avoid
these troublesome
lighting
conditions. If you
have
to
shoot
a
shaded
subject against a bright background
or
a strong light,
turn the
L/D
control all the
way
to Lighten.
To beat this
problem,
arrange
your subjects
so
the light
on
them
comes from behind you
or from the
side.
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