Which Light Metering Mode for Landscape Photography?

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024

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  • @brianbeattyphotography
    @brianbeattyphotography Год назад +1

    Great topic! and good callout about snowy scenes. I typically either go with 1/3 under to start or use expose to the right with the histogram

    • @JeffreyTadlockPhotography
      @JeffreyTadlockPhotography  Год назад

      Thanks Brian! Both great tips for exposing snow scenes correctly/well. They’re always tricky scenes to photograph.

  • @johnrobertsonphotography
    @johnrobertsonphotography Год назад +1

    Hey, I remember this conversation. This is a good overall view and fits nicely into the exposure triangle discussion. Well done.
    The conversation actually started when we were discussion wildlife and how a different metering mode may be more useful. I agree that for landscapes, multi/matrix is the best general setting if you want to set and forget. However, there are times that switching over to a center weighted / spot metering can be beneficial for landscape as well. Such as high contrast, large dynamic range scenes. Also, it is a creative element that will reduce time post processing. Waterfalls are an example, depending on lighting - you may benefit from a center/spot metering to draw more attention to the focus area. Photographing light rays in the canyons is another example of when you may want to at least experiment with different light metering modes.
    The histogram will always show the overall image exposure, while the light meter will show the exposure for the metered area. In some ways, this lets you "magnify in" on the exposure of the subject. This can be helpful, at least to explore more on the artistic side. I've added this to my list of potential future videos.

    • @JeffreyTadlockPhotography
      @JeffreyTadlockPhotography  Год назад

      Yes - I am sure you do! I figured you could follow up with a video on your channel with the wildlife focus! ;)
      I tend towards the full scene meter (matrix, evaluative, etc) even in some of the situations you noted, but mainly because I know I will/can use some tools in post processing to draw the eye to the subject. (And I need more canyons to play for light rays - could definitely use some more of that!)
      I lean on the histogram heavily when photographing landscapes. That is an interesting way of balancing the two - sort of a neat trick, especially if you working with center weighted or single point - cool idea!

  • @renoholland7090
    @renoholland7090 Год назад +1

    Thanks Jeffrey. I mainly do landscapes and I use matrix metering all the time. Especially in very bright conditions (common in Arizona as you know) I underexpose in order not to blow out the highlights. It is a lot easier to adjust the dark areas in post processing than do deal with highlights that do not have any pixel info. And in scenes with high contrast I may set up for bracketing, that often works great too.

    • @JeffreyTadlockPhotography
      @JeffreyTadlockPhotography  Год назад +1

      Yep, matrix metering for me pretty much anytime I am photographing landscapes. I do use the other modes if I am photographing something like an event or something like that. Definitely agree on not wanting to lose the highlights. Once they're gone - almost no recovering! And bracketing is a great option for those scenes with high dynamic range! Thanks for watching!