Light Metering: The Darkest Object

Light Metering: The Darkest Object

Like last week, this Sunday’s Available Light Portraiture theme takes a different turn as we follow up yesterday’s post about exposure metering methods with a down-in-the-weeds look at a specific manual exposure technique. Today’s portrait is of Devra, a...
Basics: Understanding Camera Metering Patterns

Basics: Understanding Camera Metering Patterns

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.–Yousuf Karsh A camera’s metering mode determines an image’s exposure, which, if you’re a regular reader, know...
Getting The Most From Built-In Flash

Getting The Most From Built-In Flash

It’s National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. In the late 1930’s. at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, Ruth Graves Wakefield chops a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar into bits and mixes them into cookie dough, creating the chocolate chip cookie. Responding...