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Exposure Value

The photographs today were taken facing the window with no fill light to compensate so I would be mostly just a silouhette, a shape.  It would offer a kind of anonymity while at the same time facing the camera.  With an APS sensor this is just about OK as the shadow detail does not deteriorate too badly. It was a case of constantly adjusting the EV on the camera to vary the amount of compensation, finding the right balance - effectively obsucuring who I am at the same time as being open about who I am - a state of affairs that I think is quite familiar to anyone with an alternative identity that they feel vulnerable about sharing with the world.