A recent thread on the Flick group on flash photography techniques dealt with exposure metering .. and the questions revolved around  understanding your camera's built in meter.  One of the group members, Arnold Gallardo (Zeroneg1), replied with a lucid explanation on exposure metering, relating it to the Zone System in a clear understandable way, using images from my blogs.  I'd like to present this article by Arnold Gallardo as the latest guest spot on this blog. I might not have such a specific linear approach to metering any more during the actual shoot, since with practice it becomes  Read more inside...