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Subject: [Leica] Exposure for Photographing people who have dark skin.
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Thu Dec 30 20:13:07 2004
References: <200412301737.iBUHXiQo011777@server1.waverley.reid.org><069101c4eed9$8804d af0$0ae47d80@KRIEGERLPT> <47FCBC179C073428DCB93783@hindolveston.reid.org>
At 7:42 PM -0800 04.12.30, Brian Reid wrote:
>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.
Why not just use an incident meter? Much easier:
http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/lightmeters.html
Karen
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Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/
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