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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 63081" data-attributes="member: 6548">OK...I'll try to make it simple and sweet.&nbsp; When you try to shoot subjects that are mostly white...eg the snow or at the beach on a bright sunny day...your meter will almost always get fooled.&nbsp; The pictures will be underexposed.&nbsp; The meter is designed to see middle toned subjects.&nbsp; Well in many white on white snaps and sand/desert snaps there are no middle tones so the meter does what it is programmed or whatever the case may be so it provides a shutter speed that makes the scene middle toned thus it underexposes the image.&nbsp; So the simple solution is to use your exposure compensation set to overexpose a stop or so.&nbsp; It doesn't work in all situations.&nbsp; Although this really applies more crucially to white on white snow scenes like Marcel said the beach can be intensely bright also...even in the evening.&nbsp; Shooting a wedding at a beach presents special challenges!&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 63081, member: 6548"] OK...I'll try to make it simple and sweet. When you try to shoot subjects that are mostly white...eg the snow or at the beach on a bright sunny day...your meter will almost always get fooled. The pictures will be underexposed. The meter is designed to see middle toned subjects. Well in many white on white snaps and sand/desert snaps there are no middle tones so the meter does what it is programmed or whatever the case may be so it provides a shutter speed that makes the scene middle toned thus it underexposes the image. So the simple solution is to use your exposure compensation set to overexpose a stop or so. It doesn't work in all situations. Although this really applies more crucially to white on white snow scenes like Marcel said the beach can be intensely bright also...even in the evening. Shooting a wedding at a beach presents special challenges! :) [/QUOTE]

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