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Jared Polin, froknowsphoto.com, and this is 3 shots or less where my goal is to get
the perfect exposure in 3 shots or less.
Here we are in a hotel room and we've got window right behind me. We've got Todd right
here sitting on the bed and my goal is to get Todd clapping to show motion blur in his
hands. Now, what am I using this time? I've got the Canon EOS M5 with the 11 to 22 lens.
Now, this camera has an EVF, which is an electronic view finder, and I saw a lot of
people asking or saying in the comments, well, they can get it right in just one shot if
they pay attention to what the view finder shows them is the proper exposure.
So, why don't I dial this in as Todd claps his hands and use the EVF to get what the
camera tells me is the right exposure? So, here we go. It’s a 6400 ISO. I am going
to change the aperture to 5.6, which is the max and let's turn down the shutter speed.
Now, I am at 1/200th of a second at 5.6 at 6400 ISO and boom.
So, let's take a look and you can see that I froze his motion. Now, an EVF is great.
It's going to show you the exposure based off what it thinks is the proper exposure
in whatever situation you are in. But it's not like I have a button that says, EVF, go
ahead and blur the hands. The EVF doesn't know any better, but you as a photographer
do know better.
So, that's what I am trying to explain with 3 shots or less, showing you how you can get
the proper exposure for the situation and scenario that you are in, which in this case,
we are trying to get the hands blurring. So, now I only have two shots are left because
I ruined it by looking at just the EVF. So, now let's see what the settings are.
There are 1/200th of a second, 5.6 at 6400 ISO. Now, I know in order to get the hands
clapping, but allow for motion blur, I need a much slower shutter speed. So, I am going
to dial that down in next. So, let me take a look through the EVF, not that it's going
to give me any help here, but I am just going to go from 1/200th of a second to 1, let's
say 1/20th of a second. The EVF is telling me it's way over exposed but I’m going to
take the photo any way.
Take a look. Yes. Obviously, it's extremely over exposed and there is motion blur. Now,
when I say it's over exposed, it's blown out. Todd looks like a ghost in this. So, now
I have got one shot to hopefully get it right and I am at 6400 ISO. I am going to dial
that down. Let's see. One stop, we go from 6400 to 3200. That's not going to be
enough. 3200 to 1600. I am going to go down to 800 ISO and hopefully; this gives
me the exposure and the effect that I am looking for. So, Todd, go ahead and clap.
And let's take a look. Yup. As you can see, I have Todd basically frozen there, but
his hands are blurring. Do you see what we did here? We built the exposure based off
the scenario that I wanted to get, which were blurry hands. Now, this would come in handy,
for example, I photographed a friend back stage, twirling a drumstick. He was sharp
but at 1/30th of a second, the drum stick was spinning.
So, I just wanted to show you how you could build the exposure in 3 shots or less even
if you have an EVF, an electronic view finder. You have to ask yourself, what situation
and scenario are you in that you are trying to capture because your meter and your EVF
may not always be right for what you're shooting.
So, that is another '3 shots or less'. If you have any comments, or situations and scenarios
you would like to see us take photos in, well, go ahead and leave a comment down below and
that is where I will leave it. Jared Polin, froknowsphoto.com. See you.
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