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Message: <blockquote data-quote="grandpaw" data-source="post: 414344" data-attributes="member: 8635">Yauman, gave a good explanation of how you do this and I might add that I have not read Bryan Petterson's book but I would like to tell you what works for me. I have found that if I have two very different areas in the same shot that if my subject is in the darker area and I expose for it, the sky gets blown out and if I point towards the sky and take the reading the sky is correct but the subject is very dark. What I have found to work much better is to use matrix metering and point at an area that contains about half of the bright area and about half of the darker area and set my exposure setting, then I re compose focus and shoot. This usually give me skies that are not blown out and a subject that comes out reasonably well. In my experience pointing just at the sky only gives me a nice sky and the subject is too dark and if you take a reading just on the dark area the sky is blown out. To me what you are trying to accomplish in setting the exposure is NOT to get one or the other areas right but to have both come out reasonably good and by including both while setting your exposure you have a much better chance at getting the whole scene correct.This is just my opinion and it works the best for me. It doesn't matter if you are shooting in aperture priority like I do or manual, if you have the exposure lock button set to hold the exposure setting and you re compose, focus and shoot it will work.</blockquote>

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