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.
There are dozens of places to take an environmental portrait, and many of them might not have anything to do with your subjectâs interests or life story. The idea is to do something out of the ordinary, to get out of the studio and create something with a little more impact. A good environmental portrait should bring out your subjectâs personality in a stylized sort of way. It needs to be a bit of an exaggeration. I know it might not feel comfortable having your subject pose in such a dramatic fashion, but thatâs what adds the air of mystique to the image.