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The weather forecast said it should be overcast but the light was largely like below, although in the short time I was out, it did occasionally go partially behind a cloud but not for long.
What your seeing above is the evaluative metering trying to retain detail in the background due to semi-direct sunlight hitting it as it happens to be on a corner, although by the looks of it, the meter is also trying to rescue his grey/silver hair (silver hair blows out easy).
The subject himself is currently in shade from the buildings, and to my eye the quality of light looked rather pleasing at the time, and looking at the back of the LCD, it was a bit dark but I knew I had what I needed so I moved on.
Also Joe when it comes to attaining either technical perfection or good expression, I always sacrifice technical perfection, as there is no value in a picture that's technically good but lacking in character.
The next picture I took that day is a good example, I doubt I would have ever have captured the below expression if I started issuing them with to many instructions, instead I simply told them roughly where I wanted them to stand.
As it happens they were facing the opposite direction as the previous example, however needed just the same PP.
