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Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Exercise 3: The Zone System and The Rule of Thirds

For this exercise, I learnt about the Zone System and the Rule of Thirds.

The Zone System's goal is to expose film/ccd for optimum image quality. Tones in scenes and prints are divided into 9 zones numbered from 1 to 9, from dark to light. Zone 5 is the middle gray.





Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist best known for his black-and-white landscape photographs.  He developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs and the work of those to whom he taught the system. Adams primarily used large-format cameras despite their size, weight, setup time, and film cost, because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images.
Source: wikipedia

A photo of a bearded Ansel Adams with a camera on a tripod and a light meter in his hand. Adams is wearing a dark jacket and a white shirt, and the open shirt collar is spread over the lapel of his jacket. He is holding a cable release for the camera, and there is a rocky hillside behind him. The photo was taken by J. Malcolm Greany, probably in 1947.
Ansel Adams


Here are some of his amazing works:



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  1. Adam4 February 2021 at 01:58

    It's really profound! Typically I see just the darkened region of my meter reading and then compensate for the dark area back to Zone 3 with 2 stops.

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    Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist best known for his black-and-white landscape photographs. He developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs and the work of those to whom he taught the system. Adams primarily used large-format cameras despite their size, weight, setup time, and film cost, because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images.
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  4. Dinamico Studio15 April 2022 at 10:19

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  5. Sophie Wesson9 May 2022 at 23:44

    Ansel Adams work is uncommon.
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