Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] formalish portrait critique
From: "Aram Langhans" <langhans@yakima-wa.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:00:21 -0700
References: <200208230634.XAA18290@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

>> I took an incident reading from the shadow side of the
> > faces, set the camera at that f-stop and added the same amount from the
> bare
> > bulb.  There was a little less light than I expected, so the f-stop had
to
> > be lower than I would have liked for the depth of focus.

I need some education, too.  Not being a portrait photographer, but aren't
you suppose to take an incident reading from the sunlight side of the face
and than add that amount, or a bit less (depending on film type), to fill in
the shadows???

I need to know because I promised a student I would take her senior photos
this year.

Aram


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