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I did a photoshoot this weekend and we shot for most of the day starting at 10 am. I di alot of equestrian photography and I was shooting a stallion for his owner.

It didn't seem to matter where I moved or where I had her move the horse, it was either blown out or too dark, too much highlight of too much shadow. I kept my F stops below f8 for good DOF and I kept my ISO at 400 or less, most of the time it was at 100 as it was super sunny. I had my shutter speet pretty high, betweek 250 and 500. Should I have had it higher? Should I have been shooting in the evening? Here are some samples from the shoot.

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I think in this case it all depends how you were metering your camera.

On bright blue sunny days, I usually meter my camera on the blue sky and go one stop down. That way I have a correctly exposed sky and nice tones all around.

Your situation might be a little more tricky because you are shooting moving animals so you need a fast shutterspeed... How about using ND filter?

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The ND filter is a great suggestion. Unfortunately I wasn't metering, haven't been able to afford one yet but now I think that will definitly be my next purchase.

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Well you can meter with your camera simply :)

I use the camera's in-built metering.

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OK, now I really feel dumb! I didn't know my camera had a built in meter! See what I lear here, thank you so much!

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Of course Deetta :)

When you point your lens at something and set the exposure manually, that's metering ;)

So usually I just point my lens to the blue sky, set a correct exposure, go down one stop and shoot away :)

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You are a genius, thank you!

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Most welcome! Glad to help :)

No I am y no means a pro, so hope it'll work. If anyone knows better than me..

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Thanks Francois, you are a wealth of info. I do have a grey card around here somwhere.
Thanks Francois, I need that info too. My photos tend to suffer the same fate, and I have yet to figure out to master it. i too have homework. Again, Thanks... :)


DeEtta.DeEtta.
While François has given you the best advise (as usual), not all is lost. Here are some quick "repairs" in Photoshop. Luckily you posted the pictures as a large file, so there was something to work with for me. May I suggest that next time you do some important work; you shoot in RAW so you have lost more adjustment possibilities. It took me about 10min for the 3 pictures (NOT each). So if I had an important client, or some important event (like a wedding- were you have usually very contrasting light condition, e.g. bride in white and groom in black). I'd shoot in RAW so you have best chances in fixing it later. NOT always possible, but you certainly can minimise problems (extremes). Let me know what you think.

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Hi Helmut,
I really like the changes in the first and last pics. The second to me now looks washed out, but I totally get what you mean about RAW. I will definitely keep that in mind for next time.

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I could have spend more time on the second picture, but wanted to show you just what is possible.

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