Two of my ideas didn't turn right. I tried to struck her face in a very bright light from the side to make half face in a shadow but it didn't work out as even just the little light that was in the room made the photo very un-appealing.
Later I told her to light a match and took the photo in the second of the lightning but because the camera could not meter her face in this second her face became over-exposed.
Here are the four photos I liked:
Natural day-light:
well, I have to call this English natural day-light... This was a partly sunny partly cloudy day. I asked Liat to tilt her face so it will go a little to the sun-side while her look remained on me. That way her all face were exposed to me. I used a wide aperture and a partial metering, using only her face to meter the light.
Next to the window:
Here I tried to make a difference between the sides of the face. I used the same method as the photo before. I like the light given here to the left side of the photo, very warm kind of colour.
Back-lit:
Again, taking a meter reading from the face I have took the photo. Although I not really fond of the over-exposed background I do admit that this photo is the one that represent the most Liat's real colour. Because Liat is a dark-skin lady there was no 'middle colour' to take light metering from. If I was taking a photo of a someone lass darker I probably was finding average point so the background will not be that over-exposed.
Next to a white wall
Laughing at me as I drive her crazy, this photo is a real 'passport' photo. All the details are clearly shown, and in our age, it's not always a good idea. But from this point of view I think this photo is on the spot - showing everything, exactly as it looks, not one thing is over or under exposed.
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