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I have been haunting local cemeteries lately, shooting statues and monuments. In an earlier post, I extolled the benefits of nice gray days with even lighting. Regrettably, not every day is good for photography. Yesterday, I had hard, bright light (around 2 PM) and a dark statue. There were shadows falling across the statue and the front was facing away from the sun. What to do? I started by shooting a full two stops under on the main meter, and one stop under on the flash. My idea was to not blow out the highlights, and still saturate the colors, while at the same time bringing out detail to the statue. I shot several photos at different settings and ended up with several that worked. This one was shot at -1 1/3 on the main meter and -1 on the flash.
My advice is use your digital camera's histogram and review LCD to check out variations. DON'T just rely on the meter, since it is "dumb" and is designed for average lighting.
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