How To Use a Light Meter | Mark Wallace | Exploring Photography

Gee Mark, brings back memory's of the good ole days on the Adorama Channel where you did tutorials on all kinds of crazy light stuff 👍😂

The World is better with Mark doing Videos 😊

Wow, finally after years! It was a long wait for the best, most amazing teacher that we love. Please do not stop again.

I still have and just used my Sekonic L-358 that you recommended all those years ago when i was learning about metering for portraits. Thank you Mark Wallace for all you've taught me over the years of Digital Photography 1 on 1!

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Great stuff, thanks Mark!

Mark---Thanks for your excellent and thorough explanation on using a light meter. Not only is it a detailed instruction for someone new to light meters but it also is a great refresher for the intermittent user. You are a wealth of information and I look forward to watching future tutorials which you produce. All the best to you!

Superb presentation

Thanks for latest info on how easy and how to work a light meter if needed. Thanks for the class.

Great tutorial, Mark. Thank you!

Thanks for this lesson!

Hi Mark , Thank you for all those incredible informative videos … would you do one outdoor with the ambiant light versus flash % … I used to do it with my old L-358 at 20/30% of flash power( 20/25 years ago but just came back in photography after a 10 years break ) and just bought the L-878 and trying to figure out Thank you !

May I suggest a class on a model wearing fashion jewelry also to the jewelry product photography I suggested when you have the time. Thanks for making the classes.

Thank you so much ! It is the best video ever about metering flash ! 👍🏽🙏🏽👍🏽🙏🏽👍🏽.............

I’ve always pointed the meter towards the light. Now I’m going to have to experiment and see if it makes a significant difference.

Good introduction to light meters. Does Sekonic now offer a radio module for Profoto? The lack of this item made me migrate to another light platform. Also, besides the wired & radio triggering methods, a light meter could be set to a wireless “click & wait” setting, where it has a waiting period for the flash to fire and then gives the reading.

Thanks Mark for sharing your insite and knowledge about photography. Beng new and trying to learn as much as possible and understand this new age of photography in the digital age, i'm wonderng about the exposure triangle and white (color) balance. Don't they go hand in hand? I also just watched your video about white balance from Jan 6, 2022 and this one and it made me wonder. What if you over or under expose your portrait, does that not effect the "white (color) balance"? It seems to me that the colors would be somewhat off if the exposure was way off. Please help me understand. Thanks.

I always wondered.. There can easily be a full stop (or more) between a lens' F-stop and T-stop numbers. My old 50mm f/1.4 is close to 1.5 stops darker than my new 50mm f/1.4. And of course primes are always brighter than zooms at the same f-number as there are fewer layers of glass inside. As you rely on T-stops when using a light meter do you just accept these very large inaccuracies or do you manage this in some other way?

I was wondering how light meter works 😊 thanks

Mark, I'm really looking forward to the day when Profoto decides to partner with Sekonic and the L-858D can actually trigger Profoto lights! Unfortunately, in the meantime I have to take the transmitter off the camera, walk up to the model with the meter, trigger/measure the flash, go back to the camera, put on the transmitter, take the picture, assess the situation😅