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vw98la
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Hello,
What's the best way to expose when throwing strong light through windows, to give the effect of shafts of sunlight on film? This also can be when someone is sitting and a shaft a light is hitting them from the side.
I know exposure is an artistic choice and varies within from scene to scene but where I get confused is in two parts. One is how far can you go over on the face? If your 2 - more like 2 1/2 stops over on the highlight side which means then 3-3 1/2 over with a white face (reflected) does that mean its going to be overblown (since were close to the shoulder)?
Also do you usually just measure the side thats not going to be highlighted and expose for that or underexpose for contrast? I guess that is all depending on the feel.
What's the best way to expose when throwing strong light through windows, to give the effect of shafts of sunlight on film? This also can be when someone is sitting and a shaft a light is hitting them from the side.
I know exposure is an artistic choice and varies within from scene to scene but where I get confused is in two parts. One is how far can you go over on the face? If your 2 - more like 2 1/2 stops over on the highlight side which means then 3-3 1/2 over with a white face (reflected) does that mean its going to be overblown (since were close to the shoulder)?
Also do you usually just measure the side thats not going to be highlighted and expose for that or underexpose for contrast? I guess that is all depending on the feel.