This is a quick post for those who always wonder when to use spot metering. I have been shooting for a while and never really use spot metering so the other day I was shooting photos of the little one with the sun at her back and I found that with all the other metering modes I could not get enough light on her face to make the photo worth while. So after some reading that night I found that using spot metering will help with this.
I was lucky to be able to test this the next day as we had sun again. I shot some photos with the sun on her back in evaluative metering and her face was dark as it's trying to meter the whole area and not just under her hat. Then I switched to spot metering and bam her face was nicely exposed.
So next time you shoot a subject where you only need to meter on a small area try spot metering. Also where you will use spot metering more is with moving wildlife where you want to only expose the animal, for example flying birds or running deer.
Try it out.
Posted by André
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