Understanding & Using Ansel Adam's Zone System - Photography Tutorial


The Zone System is a technique that was formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer back in the 1930′s. It is an approach to a standardized way of working that guarantees a correct exposure in every situation, even in the trickiest lighting conditions such as back lighting, extreme difference between light and shadow areas of a scene, and many similar conditions that are most likely going to throw off your camera’s metering giving you a completely incorrect exposure. Today we’re going to explore this system, and investigate how it can help you with your photography! - View Tutorial »


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