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Overexposed – giving more than normal exposure when making the photograph. This will cause the detail in the highlights of the image to be lost.

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Spot Metering – only a small part of the scene is metered. Depending on the camera that spot will be either the center or the same point that is selected as the auto-focus point. Unlike Center-weighted metering, Spot metering ignores the rest of the frame when metering for the correct exposure. This type of metering is useful when there is a bright background.

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Center-weighted Metering – Like Matrix metering, Center-weighted also evaluates the entire scene, but put its emphasis on the center of the frame. This type of metering works well for portrait photography.

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Matrix or Evaluative Metering – evaluates the entire scene by splitting it into zones and metering them individually using a special algorithm; to get the correct exposure for the scene.

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Metering Mode – is the way in which the camera meters the scene for exposure.

Cameras generally let you chose between three types of metering modes; Matrix, Center-weighted, and Spot. Look for a more detail definition of these modes in future Photography Word Wednesday.