Ok, I know that taking pictures at a certain time of day is a no no, but how can you lessen this problem. Sometimes you have no choice but to shoot in these conditions. Yesterday I went to a Horse Show Play Day. It was approximately between 2 and 3 pm. These were my camera settings, fuji 800 and 400, apreture f8 and f11, shutter speed between 1000 - 1500. Almost every picture the faces of these people were blown out. Was it my film?(should I have used a slower film) the develper, settings what? lol. I don't have a light meter and I don't know if my gray card would have lessened the problem, but any tips or information that you have would greatly help in this matter. Thanks, Mel