Understanding The 3 Primary Metering Modes | Photography 101 

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I love how pi uses a consumer dslr for these videos. just show's it's not always about the equipment! love it!!!

I learned more in 12 minutes than I care to admit. Thank you.

From an amateur, best video I've watched on metering yet. Thank you!

Thank you for explaining the varying select area and defining that the choice is proprietary. This explains the different photos when I shoot with other brand names DLSRs.

Old Technique: -Spot meter on the mid tone -Set Focus on the eye -Recompose -Take the shot New Technique: -Let the camera do the job. -Take the shot.

I've been wondering about this for awhile but none of my go to accounts have every explained it, seems to be something left out of the mainstream tutorials! Thank you so much and definitely will recommend this video to others!

This guy is fantastic at explaining tutorials!

EXTREMELY GOOD info. I always find myself in AV mode w/Evaluative based on the assisted description the camera gives me which is "Good for most scenes" argh! But then when I look at my photos later I see that most of them are over exposed.. I'll try to get in the habit of spot or center weighted.. I'll be practicing tomorrow!

Nice video. Some people were made to teach.

I watched so many videos to understand metering modes from around the world but Pi u always make things super easy for us , this is the best explanation on metering modes

I am just starting to play with the different modes for metering, and already I can see the differences, so this has been a good learning experience for me

I have been looking for a video to explain metering modes. Thank you so much for the information. I learned a lot.

I never paid attention to my metering setting on my camera because I didn't think it was important. I was so ignorant. Wow! Thank you so much for this. It has made me more aware and considerate on another important setting when taking my pictures

Why cant our teachers be like him..he's so good at explaining

Legend has it Whitney is still standing there, staring into everyone's soul as they look at her from afar.

This guy is great at teaching, making things easy to understand.

By far one of the best tutorials I've ever seen. You smashed it out of the park. Thank you!

The very best explanations on metering. Not boring.

I disagree with writing off evaluative/matrix metering. Center weighted is weighted for the center of the frame. so if you follow the rule of thirds then that generally does you no good either. evaluative is what i use mostly and i utilize exposure compensation to adjust if needed. it keeps things consistent unlike spot metering. Shoot in raw and slightly under expose skin so you don't get any blown out highlights in the face.

An exceptionally informative video also in the sense that it was presented in a clear, comprehensible way. Thank You for Posting!

I evaluate this video as being on spot and central to my growth. Thanks.

Great video. I'm fairly new to photography and I have watched a few others on metering and they didn't really show good examples of the differences in metering modes. I really enjoyed this one and am looking forward to watching more videos from you.

I have not pay attention to metering before but I am now interested to learn this settings in my camera.

Perfect and clear answer and examples of metering, just what I was looking for, thanks!

This was the best video so far.

This video was super helpful! I just got my lighting kit for school and have never seen or used my lighting meter.Thanks

I've watched quite a few metering videos, yours explained well with demonstration, exactly what I was looking for, Thank you!!

Thanks for all the tips. Ive mostly always used spot metering but it makes sense to use Centre weighted especially in aperture priority.

I got alot from watching this video: excellent skills in communicating what metering is. Thanks!

Awesome info. I'm definitely going to start using the metering modes more often.

You've got some amazing people who are willing to contribute to help make this tutorial possible. For my brother, when he fails on helping me film with the first shot he just walks away and be a big baby.

Loved this lesson big time. Thank you so much.

That what extremely informative, I learned a lot! Thanks!

Great video, but man that background looks blown out

I vote Pye for president. You're the man! Great video.

Thank God there's RU-vid. and thank you Pi! This was really helpful.

One critical aspect of spot metering is not mentioned in this tutorial. Most cameras today will allow you to lock in the exposure when in aperture or shutter priority mode by taking a reading (say on the skin) and pressing the shutter half way to lock that in, you can then recompose the scene and press the shutter button fully to capture the image. This allows you to offset your main subject in the frame which often makes a better composition.

Thanks to you, I understood something really complicated.

Very nice video, simple and easy to understand! Thumbs up!

Thanks, I understand it now. I was at a complete loss until I watched this video 👍👍

So if i am spot metering off someones light skin my process would be meter (+1 exposure), focus, then compose?

Great video! This was perfect in demonstrating the types of metering the camera is capable of, thank you.

Great tutorial, thank you so much for this video.

Thank you!!! Finally a real explanation.

Very nice vid! Thank you for this! TLDW? For portraits, use center weight if on the go (eg. spontaneous photo shoots), and use spot metering for controlled situations (ex. controlled/static photo shoots).

Thank you! It's really helpful to me.

I bring a grey card, reflect my light source off of it, and spot meter on that- or use a phone light meter app and point it at the grey card in the same condition. For switching between digital and film, so far that's worked for me. It just sucks in situations where light changes fast. :)

Excellent explanations...Thankyou for your time...

wow! a mine field so well explained thanks so much, a lot more understanding on metering now. thiis is one of the first videos of yours i have watched i will be watching heaps more now thanks a bunch

Great info. Thanks a million. Never really understood metering until now. Off to practice now!

I learn many things from you. you are really professional in teaching. Great video keep it up sir

Best video on metering I've seen! Great teaching.

Agust 2019 i watch this and saved my colors my carier thank u 🙏

Thank you Pi, This video on metering makes sense and is broadening my knowledge of proper exposure.

2:27 "The rebel... does not" - Indeed, it's a rebel.

Thank you so much! I needed this!

I was focussing on the blown highlights in the background throughout

Nicely explained, Billy Zane !

Your voice is frigging amazing.

That was a true plot twist when you revealed the chick on the lcd, got potential as a screenwriter

This was so well explained, thank you!

This dude's voice is really good for video. Good Info, glad I watched

i thought i was getting better, and then bam! things became more complicated BUT this is a big help

I fell in love with the model girl! Thank you for the video :)

That was very informative. I got what I exactly wanted to know. Thanks buddy...

Not sure what to say. Wow just wow.

What a tease! You got me hooked!

Congratulations. You explained very well.

Very helpful thanks

You earned a new subscriber!

Right at the end of the video you mentioned to bring in the fill light after spot metering her skin. Do you recommend metering before the fill light or should you meter once the fill light is on her face? I'm assuming the way you did it was correct but wasn't sure if it made a difference. Excellent video, btw! That answered so many of my metering questions, particularly about where the meter reads and if you can move it. Thank you and I hope you're able to answer my question above.

Wish I have seen this video before. Thanks!

That was an excellent tutorial! Thanks

This is why most people shoot raw and use matrix metering. Post-processing helps.

great tutorial.well explained.thumbs up

As you pointed out with the centered weighted metering on her skin, darkening the image made the background well exposed, but underexposed her skin in a bad way. My question: how do you manage between that? Do I have to choose between which one I want well exposed? Is that a lesson in the Lightroom tutorials? If so, can you point me in the direction of it?

That's what i was looking for, thanks a lot!

Great tutorial....

But when does the meter reading happen? What initiates the meter reading? Is there a metering button? Does it happen when you press the shutter halfway? If it meters when you press the shutter halfway, then won't the focus will lock, preventing recomposing? Thanks.

Great tutorial! Thanks! I have 1 question though: Let's say I'm shooting either in the studio or outdoors with a flash (strobe or on-camera), should I set the spot metering to a negative value to compensate for flash?

Omg best explanation l have found. Thank you!

in manual mode, I use spot and focus on the same part to meter. I rarely use automatic modes, but when I do, it certainly pays off to use a broader metering. Otherwise the pictures change way too much, and getting a similar set of pictures becomes much harder.

Great explanation Pi! Thanks!

What metering did you use in this video. I assuming spot metering because the background was blown out and you were exposed properly. Thanks for sharing.

Hello, let's say if I'm using Centre-Weighted Metering mode, if the subject is in the middle, the mode will do what it's intended to do. But what if I lock the focus of the subject that is in the middle, and move the composition to either the left or right, would the Centre-Weighted Metering mode still works as intended ? Or the subject must and can only be in the centre for it to work ?

THANK YOU that made a huge difference

Amazing explanation, thank you

this really helps me to understand metering, normaly i just use matrix metering, thank you for sharing this info :)

Great tutorial, but I had a hard time keeping track of what you were saying at times because your model was so beautiful. LoL

When we are controlling the amount of light, sensitivity and duration of exposure with aperture, iso and shutter speed, then what actually metering is doing. plz explain

I do a lot of sport photography (surfing) and struggle with metering. May I please ask for your guidance here.

Great explanation

Thanks for explaining! Now I'm more clever :)

This video is very helpful!

Amazing tutorial

So helpful

Really GREAT VIDEO!I couldn't get how I'll be sure that my photo is in correct exposure or everything else is not blown out or underexposed when the metering shows me underexposed or overexposed?Thanks a lot.

10:06 Well, the nice thing about spot metering, when compared to the center weighted, is that she looks younger!

so averaging isn't good unless everything you are shooting is about the same .... and spot or center weighted is good for heavy contrasted subjects....and for this situation you should meter for the brightest area and then use a flash to brighten up the darker areas?