The Practical Zone System: For Film And Digital... Today

Meter their skin. If you want it to look "normal," place it in (open up 1 stop from the meter reading).

Middle Gray (18% reflectance). This is what your camera’s light meter thinks it’s looking at, regardless of the actual color. The Practical Zone System: For Film and Digital...

Pure white; no detail (light sources, specular highlights). 2. The Film Workflow: "Expose for the Shadows" Meter their skin

Find the area where you want to keep subtle detail and point your meter there. no detail (light sources

Check where the background falls. If the background is in , you know it will be a deep, dark black with almost no detail.