White Outdoor WLT-180 User Manual download pdf (Page 11)

Sharpen your shooting eye.

•

Avoid bac

klighting

.

If your

picture

lo

oks

like

Ihe

picture

below, the electric eye has been

"

'ooled

" by a

bright

light

source

be

-

hind

or

near

Ihe

subject. When the

electric

eye " looks"

at

a scene,

it

"s

ees"

more

Ihan just the subject. II

t

he

subject's

face is shaded (as in the

picture below) but there

is

a large

br

i

ght

area in the scene, the eye is

aflected

by

the bright light and sets

Ihe wr

ong

exposure.

In

outdoor

pictures, always try to have

Ihe

light

on the

subject

coming from

behind you,

over

your shoulder. In-

doors

, avoid having

bright

win

dows

or

strong lamps in the background, or

next to y

our

subjec

t.

Outdoors

or

in-

door

s,

always

follow

this rule: The

light

on

the

subject

Sf10uld be just

about

as

bright

as

the light

on

the rest

of the scene.

II

it isn't, the e

lectric

eye

can't set the

co

rrect

exposure

.

II you

absolutely

must shoot against

the light

in

order

to

get

your

picture

,

turn the

Uo

control

towards

lighten.

II the

light

behind

the

subject

is

only

moderately bright,

compare

d to the

light

on

the subject, turning the

UO

control

hal

lwa

y

towards

lighten may

be

enough;

if

the light

behind

the

sub-

ject

is very

bright

, turn all the way

towards lighten. This w

on't

guarant

ee

correct

exposure.

but

it

should im-

pr

ove the results.

Put co

lor

in

your

pI

cture

.

You

can'

t

make

a

colo

rful Polar.

olor

picture

il

your

subjec

ts l

ac

k

co

lor

.

Dark suits.

white

shirt

s,

pale

tinted

dresses

- none Of these

will

add any

color

to the picture.

Perhaps

you can

get your

subjects

to add

color

in the

form

of

scarves,

sport

shirts, ski

jac

k-

et

s,

sweaters, etc.

Or

add

color

to the

surroundi

ngs

wit

h gay p

illo

w

s.

a

brightly

colo

red chair. a

patchwork

quilt

over a couch.

Or

try

moving

your

subjec

t in front

of

a

brigh

tly

colo

red

door

or

walt

Watch

your

backgrounds

.

The

po

se

in the first

pictu

re

below

is

a

wkward

. The tree seems to

be

gr

ow-

ing out

of

her

head. The

head-on

camer

a

angle

and

horizontal

format

creates a confused

background

that

competes

with the

subject.

How

easy

it is to

cor

rect!

In the

bot

-

tom

pi

cture, the

same

t

ree

is

used

to

advantage

by having the

girl

lean

around

it.

The

tree

forms

a

natural

frame

and the

emphasis

on

the

girl

is

unmistakable

. The

shot

was

made

fr

om

a

lower

angle

to

simpli

fy

the

background

(and

give

a

mass

iv

e

patch

01

blue). T

he

camera

was

changed

to a vert

ical

position

and

moved

close

to let the

subjec

t fill the

picture

.

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