Enjoy Wells. A little while since I visited the cathedral. The last time was with the E-3! But the photographs are still fine even through I am M4/3 these days.
@@DerekForss I am fairly local, visit Wells once a week and know the Cathedral well, but during January they clear the Cathedral nave of seating leaving it completely open for events - I have never been able to get there to see it\take photos like this. Unfortunately this a m they had only half-cleared it - so I will be back again next week, OM-D EM 1 and the old faithful 12-50 to hand. Always interested in your videos, please keep them coming.
I put that in for a bit of fun at the end hoping for a comment and here we are! St Martin's church, Cwmyoy has suffered a major landslip, which is the reason why people visit. It is quite safe now to enter. The outside of the church looks wonky too!
I love your videos but I can’t understand why you advocate old fashioned spot metering on a sophisticated beast like the EM1 mk2 for this application? Simply activate highlight and shadow display in the menu for both EVF and live view. Then adjust exposure compensation as far to the right without blowing highlights. Simple, job done, scientific and unarguable. Using spot metering in the way you advocate is akin to driving a Ferrari in first gear.
Thank you for your comments, I am pleased you like my productions. Technically, I have one foot in the future and one in the past. I learnt photography the traditional way, starting before we put exposure meters inside cameras. I embrace new technology, but don't allow it to control my work, however smart. Spot-metering the way I describe is very creative, a subtle art controlled by the photographer, not a computer. I am in total control, but it cannot be taught. It takes years to develop, therefore today it is part of my soul and I do not have to stop and think what I am doing. For this reason I am not an advocate of HDR, finding the colours manufactured, neither am I a fan of any technology that promotes instant gratification. As my subjects are unlikely to run away, I am content to work in first gear and savour the moment. If indeed, I photographed movement, like a Ferrari, I might try your suggestion.
@@DerekForss Don't get me wrong, I admire your work and your skills. I started with a Zorki 4K and a lesson from my Uncle regarding "Sunny 16". Like you I'm not keen on HDR techniques either, but I wasn't referring to that technique. What I was referring to was the feature within the EM1 which allows you to set the EVF or Live View (or both) to show highlight clipping and shadow under exposure. Blown highlights show orange and under exposed shadows show blue in real time in the viewfinder. One then simply increases exposure to the maximum possible before highlights are blown which guarantees the optimum shadow detail too. It's far more accurate and faster than spot metering. The M43 sensor is especially susceptible to shadow noise and this method is simply unbeatable for minimising that outcome. It still requires an understanding of exposure but gets that Ferrari fully using its extensive gearbox. It's not allowing the computer control at all, think of it as the most sophisticated spot meter that is built into the camera and it's up to the photographer to use it advantageously. Keep up the good work, I like old school and new school equally.
