Funny. Actually, with film it was usually more appropriate to expose for the highlights and process for the shadows. Although that too is an oversimplification of the zone system.
On Mar 17, 2012, at 4:43 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking > for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, > outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what > camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and > concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) > take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for > fill. Then, today, someone posts: > > I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic > theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and > develop for the highlights. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
