A local shopkeeper savors a read and smoke at high noon. This is by far the worst light of the day, offering harsh, unforgiving contrast. But I have two things going for me here: indirect, reflected light off the paper is softly illuminating his face, and the sun is just grazing the end of the top of the end of his cigarette. I use the spot meter to expose for the newspaper, which intensifies the shadow areas instead of graying them out. While the fingers, newspaper and chair are strongly lighted, the face and cigarette, which are the most important elements in this image, are subtly illuminated. His black hair and sweater have absorbed much of the light that strikes them, but just enough of his chest and hair show to give his body form.