Hello:
Quick question.
I'm looking for some suggestions on how to compensate for over exposed faces during concert photography.
I can adjust most of this in post processing, but it's better if I start with a not so over exposed face.
I was in manual mode, spot metering with a canon.
The spot is obviosuly in the middle of the frame and caught her black dress which over exposed the skin tones. I used BBF and the AF point was near the top of the frame.
Just looking for some suggestions.
This is a RAW file just to show what I'm talking about.
J.
@TCampbell wrote:
@ebiggs1 wrote:Were they also red-orange?
YES! And I strongly prefer to NOT correct for stage lighting when it contributes to the mood. If that's what it looks like "live" then that's how I want the images.
I have, from time to time, mention that you do not _always_ want to completely neutralize the white balance. This is one of those times.
I agree. I tend to use daylight white balance and let the stage lighting experts do their job.
These were taken with a Canon Powershot G1X, evaluative metering, Keep in mind evaluative metering is similar to center weighted metering, but, is weighted to plane of focus (active AF points)., -1 exposure compensation, processed in Lightroom.
