thomasholmphoto

Derelict elegance

Added 2024-12-25 15:00:08 +0000 UTC

Nat is showing off in the old control tower about an hour before sunset.
The light is magically soft, and a slight cloud cover diffuses the sun.

In the BTS movie, you can see the enormous difference between direct sun and whenever there is a cloud.

Shooting in daylight also means you need to have some exposure strategy.

I can’t stand using shutter or aperture-based programs; I always shoot manually and tweak the shutter speed with my right index finger on the dial underneath the shutter.

I've enabled Zebra mode in the viewfinder of my Sony A7R4.
This means I’ll see diagonal stripes wherever something is overexposed. That way, I can dial clockwise if it’s too bright until I only see a hint of stripes in the highlights, or counterclockwise to brighten it if it gets underexposed.

So, I always aim to have a tiny portion of my frame overexposed. If the area expands, the image will be too bright; if it disappears, it will be underexposed.

I hope this makes sense?

The main downside is when the light is low and still varies widely.

This sometimes causes me to use a too-low shutter speed, which means I can’t hold the camera still, or the model moves too fast for the camera to freeze.