10/17/2026
Outdoor photography can get your optics dusty. Be sure to carry a LensPen to keep your lenses clean and images sharp. Let photo pro Joe Farace tell you more:
https://joefarace.com/metering-expsire-for-outdoor-portraiture/
All modern cameras have some kind of built-in light meter and many have spot metering capabilities. When you have time, you might want to read my post Understanding Camera Metering Patterns. When photographing people outdoors, I still occasionally find myself using a hand-held light meter, .