Using Zone System on Digital - A "Share-and-Learn" Workshop
Date:
Sunday, 25 June 2006
Time:
2:00 - 6:00 pm
Duration:
4 hours (2 hours lecturing and 2 hours shooting)
Fee:
S$45.00
Language medium:
English and Singlish
Location:
Singapore Waterfront, near Empress Place Building (nearest MRT station: Raffles Place)
Number of participants:
8 persons
Skill level:
Beginner to Intermediate
This workshop is for you if:
Based on the system used by master photographer Ansel Adams, the Zone System is a method of exposing and printing extremely high-quality photographs. While this system can be daunting to new photographers, this workshop provides step-by-step instructions for learning the mechanics and the art of this innovative technique.
Topics will include:
Notes are provided on location and through emails
Let me leave you with this infamous quote:
"Every provocative subject has a body and a soul. Your camera only captures the body, while your interpretation of light captures its soul." - Minor White
Please PM me for more information on this workshop.
Date:
Sunday, 25 June 2006
Time:
2:00 - 6:00 pm
Duration:
4 hours (2 hours lecturing and 2 hours shooting)
Fee:
S$45.00
Language medium:
English and Singlish
Location:
Singapore Waterfront, near Empress Place Building (nearest MRT station: Raffles Place)
Number of participants:
8 persons
Skill level:
Beginner to Intermediate
This workshop is for you if:
- Your digital images lose their feel when you download them to your PC
- Other exposure books lost you in the first few pages
- You have heard of the term "Zone System" and think that it is some kind of political boundary like GRCs
- You are looking for a quick method to improve your exposure skills
- You inherited a spot meter and you do not really know how to use it
- You think your auto-everything and super-expensive camera knows the difference between exposing a black surface and a white surface
- You always shoot with your camera set to "Auto" or "Program" mode
- a DSLR or any Prosumer digital camera (preferably one that can shoot RAW files) with manual exposure mode
- a camera with built-in spot meter or a handheld spot meter
- a laptop with GIMP, PrintShop Pro, Photoshop 7, CS or CS2 installed (if we have enough laptops we may even share)
Based on the system used by master photographer Ansel Adams, the Zone System is a method of exposing and printing extremely high-quality photographs. While this system can be daunting to new photographers, this workshop provides step-by-step instructions for learning the mechanics and the art of this innovative technique.
Topics will include:
- why must I use Zone System when I can shoot in Program mode
- what is Subject Brightness Range (SBR)
- what is approximate reflectivity
- how to read and use a light meter (built-in or handheld)
- how to exposure for highlights (applies to slide and digital users)
- what the zone numbers mean
- gray card tests
- why shoot in RAW/is JPEG bad
- how to interpret histograms
- how to adjust tonal range in Photoshop
- how to perform tonality expansion and contraction digitally
- Dynamic range vs. Contrast
- And more.....
Notes are provided on location and through emails
Let me leave you with this infamous quote:
"Every provocative subject has a body and a soul. Your camera only captures the body, while your interpretation of light captures its soul." - Minor White
Please PM me for more information on this workshop.