blond/blue eyes/pale skin : exposure?

[pierods]

Hello,

I am from southern Europe, and I always find photographing northern types a challenging enterprise.

Last time I did, I spot metered the skin of the face, I gave it a +1 stop, and I lost all detail in the hair (and in the environments).

How do I nail it?


[Administrator/power user: could you move my post to "exposure"? I did not realize there was such a category.]

[EASmithV]

You might have to create a more controlled lighting environment (makeshift studio). Have you tried a fill flash?

[pierods]

I can do that, but the person also wants outside photos...

[tomalophicon]

If black and white, try reduced exposure or a reflector.

[pierods]

Yes indeed, black and white. A reflector is some kind of surface that throws light back on the face?

[maarten m]

why not meter incoming light rather then reflected light?
this should give you a far more accurate reading.

mm

[markbarendt]

I can do that, but the person also wants outside photos...

Scrim a bit (add a bit of artificial shade).

Also using an incident meter or a known target (gray card or something similar) with your spot meter should help.

[RalphLambrecht]

I can do that, but the person also wants outside photos...

rHim him resume purseaise and him the price!

[baachitraka]

Hello,

I am from southern Europe, and I always find photographing northern types a challenging enterprise.

Last time I did, I spot metered the skin of the face, I gave it a +1 stop, and I lost all detail in the hair (and in the environments).

How do I nail it?

[Administrator/power user: could you move my post to "exposure"? I did not realize there was such a category.]

Any ideas where the hair fell on exposure scale? How that film was developed?...

[Sundowner]

I'd like to see some suggestions here, as well...I've got a project that I'm working on and I've been concerned about the same problems.