This is the second book that I have encountered that claims to address the zone system in a digital world and then devotes way too much space to film photography. This is a dry and technical book that strips all joy from the world of photography. Most of the book is about film and I simply gave up. Here my iPad was a money saver because i didn't pay full price for a hardcopy of this book.
I've said it before: A good book on the zone system would include 200 or 300 photos of different subjects. Representative zones would be marked on each photo. Each photo would be accompanied by an explanation of the metering and exposure choices. Most of the photos would be in color so the average photographer could align colors and zones. Unfortunately, that would be too practical for many of the authors who would prefer to bore people with out-of-date theory because that is what they learned long ago when digital didn't exist.
Author(s): Glenn Rand
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 129
Copyright
......Page 2
Contents
......Page 3
About the Contributors......Page 5
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
The Concept......Page 8
Variables and Constants......Page 9
Film Speed Test......Page 10
2. UNDERSTANDING LIGHT......Page 19
Color and Tonality......Page 21
“Seeing” the Scene: Human Vision vs. Photography......Page 23
Reflected Light......Page 25
Specular vs. Diffuse Light......Page 27
Sweet Light......Page 28
3. THE ZONE SCALE......Page 29
Zone 0 (Black)......Page 30
Zone II (Patterned Darkness)......Page 31
Zone V (Middle Gray)......Page 32
Zone VII (Highlight Detail)......Page 34
Zone VIII (Patterned Highlight)......Page 35
Zone X (White)......Page 36
The Law of Reciprocity......Page 39
The Film Curve......Page 40
Placing the Zones......Page 41
Alternative Metering Methods......Page 42
Highlight Detail Metering......Page 43
Average Value Metering......Page 44
Camera System Flare......Page 45
Scenic Flare......Page 46
Tonal Relationships......Page 48
Expansion/Compaction......Page 49
The Paper......Page 53
Plotting Film Curves......Page 56
Exactness of Development......Page 64
7. MAKING PHOTOGRAPHS......Page 65
Zone Control as an Overall Concept......Page 69
Zone Control as a Tonal Separation Concept......Page 72
Field Charts......Page 76
Filters......Page 79
Dodging Exposure......Page 83
Preexposure......Page 85
Reciprocity Failure Compensation......Page 87
Using Reciprocity Failure for Expansion......Page 89
Development Control......Page 93
Local Control......Page 97
Filter Dodging and Burning......Page 100
Flashing......Page 101
Bleaching......Page 102
Intensifying/Toning Negatives......Page 104
10. THE ZONE SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY......Page 105
Issues for Digital Photography in a Zone System Approach......Page 107
Testing......Page 112
Digital Zone Exposure......Page 115
Using the Digital System......Page 118
Post-Capture Processing......Page 119
Output......Page 122
High Dynamic Range Imaging......Page 124
CONCLUSION A Personal Approach to the Visual Language......Page 125
Index......Page 126
