A great feature if I ever remember to use it. TIP: If your camera doesnât have spot-metering but you do have a zoom lens and exposure lock, try this; Zoom into the part of the scene you wish to meter from, press the shutter release lightly to get a reading, hit exposure lock, zoom back out, recompose, focus and shoot.
Landscape and portrait are concepts that are of vital importance in photography, and confuse amateur photographers when they are taking photos from their cameras. Those who are professionals or are seasoned in this field know when to take a landscape or when to go for a portrait to capture a beautiful photograph.
It is also thought that by photographing a person in their natural surroundings, the subject will be more at ease, and so be more conducive to expressing themselves, as opposed to in a studio, which can be a rather intimidating and artificial experience. 1 The background in environmental portraits.