A couple of weeks ago we watched a video on Ansel adams, and we learnt about a bit more information. Within this video I learnt about the zone system, now I have heard of it before but to be honest I really didn’t make a point of researching into it until a couple of weeks ago. The best way to describe the zone system is:
*You camera reads in different tones of gray but the majority of the time only reads a mid gray. Which causes a lack of tones within you’re images you’re blacks are not black and you’re white are not perfect white.
*I learnt that Ansel Adams uses the zone system whilst photographing his subjects to make sure he achieves his black, being black. Here is a little research on him which I did and the zone system:
*Ansel Adams developed the zone system to cope with this situation. His technique was to carefully study a scene, visualize the final print, then determine the correspondence between portions of the scene and tones in the print. He would then meter, expose and develop the negative accordingly. His basic rule was,
"Expose for the shadows; develop for the highlights”.
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The zone system chart and description of zones:
I think this technique is a really good technique within my images I usually darken down the black because I find they are usually not a natural black so in future reference I may try this method.
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