Tiago Pimentel Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hi guys, Like most people shooting digital, I've embraced False Color as my go to tool to properly expose a scene. I have a question though (not necessarily to do with false color alone). If i'm shooting a subject with half his face lit one stop over the other half, I should expose the lit half in the usual 70-75 ires, right? While keeping the other half one stop less. But what if the next shot is a side shot of only the shadowed part of his face? Should I keep the consistency and expose it at middle grey or expose it one stop over where caucasian skin usually falls? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted June 27, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted June 27, 2018 Expose for what you want it to look like. Sometimes its helpful to imagine that the shot is circling around the subject in a 360 degree move and think how it would look if you did no stop change versus opening up a little as you came around to the shadow side. Sometimes you do the opposite and close down a little as you come to the shadow side if the person is lit by a big bank of bright windows and it feels more correct to go for a semi silhouette effect at that angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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