I don't want to have a black shadow of the person.
2006-12-05 12:09:30 · 7 answers · asked by maria fasaria 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
You must use Spot Metering and let the camera make the adjustment in full automatic mode or use a flash as fill-in light to compensate for the backlight over the subject, otherwise you'll get a silhouette of your subject.
If you have a camera that can be set on total automatic mode, set it to AUTO-MODE (or PROGRAM MODE on some camera models), use the Spot Metering on the face, focus and shoot; that's how to use Auto Mode and Spot Metering.
If your camera is manual or does not have Spot Metering, then you're going to have to do get a "Spot" reading the hard way (even if you do not have Spot Metering): mark off the spot where you're standing, walk up to your subject and get a close-up reading of his/her face and set your shutter speed and aperture accordingly; move back to your spot, focus on your subject (and ignore the aperture and shutter speed you set a few moments before) and shoot the photo.
Or, use the distance scale on the back of the manual meter. Set the aperture on 1/60th second and turn on your strobe light. Focus on your subject while ignore the light metering reading (since it will give you an Average reading of the environment facing you and cause the silhouette effect); see the distance on the lens' barrel as you've focused, look at your strobe's scale that is based on the film's ISO and feet/meter distance you just focused on; it will let you know the f/opening (aperture setting) to use. Set the aperture according to the feet/meter reading scale, and take the photo. Take the photo and let the strobe go off and give you a correct aperture setting and you will not get a silhouette.
2006-12-05 12:45:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use automatic for both aperture and shutter speed if available.
and see where the camera sets the aperture for a flash pic of the person you are shooting. Because when using a flash the shutter speed makes no difference now switch to aperture priority if you've got that, set it to the same aperture that was correct for the pic of the person, the meter for just the sunset and see what shutter speed the camera chooses with the selected aperture. Now shoot your pic using the flash and the shutter speed and aperture from above. It is instances like this where having a better camera makes a real difference. If you just have a point and shoot it may be almost impossible to get a good shot. If so you can try using the flash and metering for the sunset, take the pic and hope for the best.
2006-12-09 06:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by Christine J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest:
Set your f-stop (apeture) to f/16.
Set your shutter speed to the inverse of your film speed. (Example - film speed asa 100, shutter speed would be 1/100; film speed asa 400, shutter speed 1/500.)
This will set you up for the sunset - this is also known as the 'sunny 16' rule.
To prevent a dark outline, augment with a flash to illuminate the features of the individual you are photographing.
2006-12-06 04:53:09 · answer #3 · answered by lead_larry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wish I knew. you can try to rely on your light meter if you have one. but I always come out with a black shadow. which is kind of nice in its own way, but still. Get kind of close to them, and maybe at an angle? good luck.
2006-12-05 12:17:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a manual mode, expose for the person not the sunset.
2006-12-05 12:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're going to need to use a flash with a small aperture for the lens.
2006-12-05 12:18:38 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you don't have a flash, expose for their face. the highlights may be blown out, but atleast skin tones will be right.
might want to plan on using a tripod too.
2006-12-05 13:56:53 · answer #7 · answered by double-plus-good_thoughtcrime 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋