Photographing Sculpture

The moment you step onto the grounds of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, you're awed by the sculpture on the front lawn.

Photographing a piece of sculpture requires that you hone in as close as possible so that even light is spread over the piece of art, picking up the details. This is especially true if the sun is behind the sculpture. If you photograph the sculpture when the sun is behind it and you include the background, which will be much brighter than the sculpture itself, you'll lose most of the detail on its surface.

If you get lucky enough to have the sun shining on the sculpture, you should lower your exposure compensation a bit to prevent white out. Under these circumstances you'll have the sun behind you (shining on the face of the sculpture), thus creating a bright blue sky behind it.