cadfael1979
Tobultok 2
Creme de la Creme
The problem here was, that the day was very sunny, but the couple stood in a shadow. Besides they were wearing a lot of white, while their faces seemed to be rather dark. So the task was not to lose the background, because there was too much sun there, not to lose the white of the clothes and not to make faces too dark.
Actually I have nothing against making a picture a bit darker, since with digital pictures it is much easier to return details to a dark part, than to an overexposed one (simply no color information left in overexposed parts).
Bracketing is usually of no use when you deal with street prortraits. Face expressions and postures change every second, and you should be constantly ready for the one and only properly exposed shot. No choice.
However, I had been there for quite a long time to prepare and to find out (thanks to the bracketing) that - 1/3 EV would do for this sort of a scene quite ok (-1 Ev or +1 Ev would result in either an underexposed or an overexposed picture). I shot with shutter priority (I usually do that when I am dealing with rather quickly moving objects and changing scenes).
The picture is processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Tobultok 2
Creme de la Creme
The problem here was, that the day was very sunny, but the couple stood in a shadow. Besides they were wearing a lot of white, while their faces seemed to be rather dark. So the task was not to lose the background, because there was too much sun there, not to lose the white of the clothes and not to make faces too dark.
Actually I have nothing against making a picture a bit darker, since with digital pictures it is much easier to return details to a dark part, than to an overexposed one (simply no color information left in overexposed parts).
Bracketing is usually of no use when you deal with street prortraits. Face expressions and postures change every second, and you should be constantly ready for the one and only properly exposed shot. No choice.
However, I had been there for quite a long time to prepare and to find out (thanks to the bracketing) that - 1/3 EV would do for this sort of a scene quite ok (-1 Ev or +1 Ev would result in either an underexposed or an overexposed picture). I shot with shutter priority (I usually do that when I am dealing with rather quickly moving objects and changing scenes).
The picture is processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.