Comments on: [BTS Video] Matthew Jordan Smith Explains Metering Your Subject Perfectly

By: James Darden

James Darden — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:02:00 +0000

That’s he doesn’t shoot weddings.

By: Corey Melton

Corey Melton — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:51:00 +0000

they use Sonys because Sony pays them and hands them a camera. Those pros shoot with medium format film and digital when shooting a real shoot. sigh, i guess the brainwashing marketing really is working. i like Sekonic’s motto “now more than ever”, its great marketing and its their way of holding on as long as they can now that everyone can look at the back of their camera and know what the light is doing.

By: Henrik Eketjäll

Henrik Eketjäll — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:01:00 +0000

“But I can see the advantage when you know the ratio in your head”
I think that’s the key point here, if you know what different ratios will look like in the final image.
I’m certainly not experienced enough to know that.

By: Marc Pagani

Marc Pagani — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:45:00 +0000

Makes me feel like an old man. I grew up shooting film, and there was no way you could do a studio shoot with strobes without metering, unless you wanted to spend a fortune on Polaroids, or you metered once, and were able to replicate the same lighting and same setting shoot after shoot…it’s always interesting to read that there are (quite good) photographers who have never used a handheld light meter. I still use one when I’m shooting static studio portraits with Protofo and any other non-TTL strobe. It certainly isn’t practical for action, but, as with all most other things in the “equipment” category of photography, it doesn’t hurt to have experience with one.

By: Relzlife Ho-Shing

Relzlife Ho-Shing — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:55:00 +0000

Matthew’s work is so inspiring…

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:01:00 +0000

I think Matthew’s point was that your camera is either doing spot, matrix, or center metering. It’s not able to meter every point of your scene (unless you zoom in and use spot). For one light or two I agree you should be fine without a meter. But I can see the advantage when you know the ratio in your head and want to do something like the snooted look he did in this video.

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:01:00 +0000

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:01:00 +0000

By: Cody Wayne Bridges

Cody Wayne Bridges — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:03:00 +0000

“You cant rely on technical equipment to make a creative decision” and I agree! My light meter is what I see in the back of my camera and I adjust to what I see.

By: Cody Wayne Bridges

Cody Wayne Bridges — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:03:00 +0000

“You cant rely on technical equipment to make a creative decision” and I agree! My light meter is what I see in the back of my camera and I adjust to what I see.