The Confused Photographer's Guide to Photographic Exposure and the Simplified Zone System
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0966081714 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"to help teach light measurement without the students needing a math or science degree" -- Petersen's Photographic Magazine"written for the photographer who is interested in the understanding of light" -- Today's Photographer Magazine"One of the easiest-to-understand books on exposure and the Zone System that we've ever seen" -- Outdoor Photographer Magazine
Since all the exposure decisions are made ahead of time (before the picture is taken), the technique saves the digital photographer many hours that he or she would waste behind the computer trying to figure out what he/she wanted to capture in the first place. This is also the world's first Digital Zone System book that addresses the application of the Zone System of exposure using current manual digital cameras including many of today's D-Slrs. The book covers in detail the applications of a camera's meter, an off-camera spot meter, an off-camera incident meter, and easy-to-remember techniques for exposing sunlit to moonlit subjects without a meter. The book uses Farzad's simplified 5-stop technique using 100 ISO color slide or Digital Film as its base, but the same techniques can be applied to Black and White, as well as color negative film with different ISOs. The highest level of math required from the reader to understand this book, is to be able to multiply and divide a number by two. Also in the fourth edition (with the Lotus flower on the cover), a special calibration section is added to the end of the book for all those photographers who have spent a few thousand dollars on their D-Slr and are consistently getting underexposed and unacceptable images. Contrary to popular belief, when you buy an expensive camera the exposure skills DO NOT COME with it! When you buy an
He has won numerous awards in photography and graphic design and has published articles and photographs in many photographic magazines including American Photo, Popular Photography, Petersen's Photographic, and Darkroom and Creative Camera Techniques. Bahman Farzad is a Freelance Photographer and a Systems Engineer. Bahman and his daughter Parastoo "Paris" Farzad founded the Birmingham School of Photography in 2004. He is also the author of "The Confused Phot
SonnyK said The essential fundamentals.. This is one of my first, and still is, the best books on understanding exposure. Explained in simple language, the author shows you facts that even the latest cameras still rely on principles from a hundred years ago. Photography logic at it's finest, where everyone in the industry wants to be artsy.. "Fabulous Book on understanding photographic exposure." according to Bradley. He really knows what he's talking about. Look up his pictures on the web. He is a master, and he's sharing his secrets with you!If you are looking for a list that says "In situation A, take action push this button." This book is not for you.But, if you really want to understand what is going on with your camera exposure-wise, REJOICE! This is the book.Warning: If you are one of those people who can't learn by analogies, just skip ove. Every photographer should read First off.if you buy this book skip Dr. Farzad's other book on "On Camera Spotmetering". This book includes the latter. In fact many pages in the Zone System book are simply lifted from the Spotmetering book (or is it the other way around?). Either way the Zone System book is a more thorough review of the exposure techniques and not that much more complicated that the on camera spotmetering book. In fact I find both books very easy t