{sunny 16}

Even though film photography is a dying art, I wanted to share a tidbit of knowledge my photo teacher Beth taught me. Its called the "Sunny 16 rule". When you are caught without the use of a light meter in a sunny setting, you can set your aperture at 16; then match your shutter speed to your film speed. For example, if you are shooting with a film speed of ISO 100, set your shutter speed to 1/100th of a second, and you will get a well-balanced shot in the sun.