Toss your meters, fools!

Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
forget zones, compensation ev's, et al, just look at a perceived image,
and MAKE it. sunny 16 has worked since the dawn of photography.

Funny, I have never seen sunny-16 here in Cleveland, the best it gets is
sunny 11.
That's when it's sunny, which isn't very often. And I rarely take pictures
between
10am and 4pm. And almost never with the sun over my shoulder.

Evening/morning misty/cloudy/thunder deep shade/open
shade/backlight/artificial
light and often a mix of all is more the norm.

Maybe Mr. Mama just wanted to incite a heated discussion. The old "F16
@125th sun over the shoulder" is one of the long disregarded
photography myths. One usually ends up with unflattering shadows and
squinted eyes. A good light meter is a good and useful tool. I'm not
sure that I would be either a better photographer or more of a man if I
shunned their use.

--
Bill in Lake Charles