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A lab tech's comment about my negatives changed my whole metering approach
So I brought in a roll of Tri-X to the shop on 32nd Street last month, mostly because I messed up my developer temps at home and wanted a backup. The tech handed back my prints and just said "you're exposing for the shadows but developing for the highlights" which sounded like gibberish at first. I usually just point my meter at the ground and shoot, you know? But she showed me a frame where I lost all detail in a doorway while the street was blown out. Turns out I was over-developing to fix underexposed shots, which just made the contrast worse. Now I meter off the darkest thing I want to keep, add one stop, and cut my development time by about 20 percent. My negatives look way flatter but I can actually print them now. Has anyone else had a pro point out a basic habit you never questioned? What did they catch?
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