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4. Balancing Exposure / The Spot Meter The spot meter allows a photographer to us some very small portion of the scene, often less that 5% for which he/she may take a reflected light reading. The use of a spot meter has obvious implications for the photographer. In a scene of drastically varying highlights and shadows, known as a high contrast scene, the photographer can explicitly determine which portions of the scene should be record with accurate detail and color. This means that we no longer are bound by a blind trust of our camera's metering limitations. We can take control of our exposure by taking different readings from the scene and making informed decisions about how we choose to expose the shot. This also gives us the opportunity to adjust for many of the scenes that are known to cause camera meters difficulty. Possibly it is best to describe the spot meter and its use in manual exposure control by demonstrating via an example: The sun bathed courtyard.
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