Thorsten asked: When metering light, where do you point the dome of the meter?

Thorsten wrote: Great little BTS video. I watched very closely and think I know the answer to my question, but not 100% sure, so here goes – when metering do you point the dome of the meter at the key light or back towards the camera (for the sake of simplicity, I’m assuming a single [...]

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  Steve Sint has spent a great deal of his life walking down aisles backwards. Over a 35 year career, he has photographed over 4000 weddings, taken over 2 million photographs, and shot over 1 million portraits for his own studio and others in the New York metropolitan area. As a commercial photographer he has taken thousands of executive portraits and his client list has included the American Broadcasting Company, Time Inc., Hearst Publications, Yves St. Laurent, AT&T, NCR, National Semiconductor, Miller Freeman Publishing and Hachette-Filipacchi Magazines. His photographs have appeared on the covers of over 60 national magazines including LIFE, Omni, Stereo Review, and Modern Photography. As a columnist and contributor his words and photographs have also appeared in Studio Photography, Lens Magazine, Modern Photography, Popular Photography, View Camera Magazine, Railroad Model Craftsman, and he has authored 4 books on photography. In his most recent book, Digital Portrait Photography: Art, Business, and Style, he shares his experience with his readers in the breezy, knowledgeable, and accessible style his writing is known for. At this point in his career he limits his assignments to 50 per year for a select New York clientèle, photographs and writes about things he enjoys, and still finds time to lecture on professional photography, conduct workshops on wedding and portrait photography, and work on his model railroad.

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