mardi 11 janvier 2005

The Zone System... part 2 Considering the Variables Most photographers who practice black-and-white printmaking as a means of creative expression don't just get it right because they are artistically inclined... life isn't like that! What actually happens is that largely through personal experimentation with their equipment (cameras and lenses) and their consumables (film and chemistry) they calibrate their equipment and consumables in order to extract the maximum quality possible from them... and with total predictability. Artistic elements aside, the rest is just craft and science... and as such can be fairly easily controlled. If you are serious about black-and-white photography yet feel that your technical abilities are not getting anywhere you will have to recognise that what you've been doing before was probably wrong... or even worse, the adoption of bad habits from other photographers. Update 15 June 2007 : This article has been moved and can now be read on my new expanded web site 20/20 Visions 8:38:57 PM    comment []