Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love the zone system. That's how I learned photography and it all makes sense to me. I still meter off of something zone 5 every time I take a photo. Tina On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The very first thing I say to somebody asking me about the zone system who > doesn't know is zone V equals middle gray. Certainly a start off or null > point. Think of the V as the exposure needle aiming at the middle or at any > rate delivering to you middle gray no matter WHAT you point it at. That > made > it easy to remember for me. Zone VI or IV is a stop lighter or darker than > that. Onward to infinity. Buy me an espresso and I'll explain the zone > system in ten minutes. About a minute a zone. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:51:07 -0500 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place > > > > Tina, I can't relate to the zone system, but I like the dark, dull gray > of > > the LUG gallery. It works, whether or not I put > > frames on the images, and always looks great to me. > > > > Thanks, Brian. > > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place > > > > > >> I like Zone 5 gray for a background. It doesn't make photos look either > >> too > >> dark or too light - just right. > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> That's what I hear it started out white. > >>> My first website had black backgrounds. So did my second. > >>> My future ones will be white and cream. And those are the ones when I > see > >>> I > >>> tend to like the looks of. I keep all my favorite photographer websites > >>> in > >>> a > >>> folder for quick reference. And I think blogs are starting to overlap > and > >>> take over from that. Black is dramatic but kind of foreboding. Gloomy. > >>> > >>> I went through a 100$ rag black mat board phase too when that came out. > >>> And the use of black velvet as a backdrop instead of white I did off > and > >>> on; > >>> mainly off. > >>> > >>> Is white the color of evil on the eastern hemisphere? Then that makes > me > >>> evil then to those guys. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------- > >>> Mark William Rabiner > >>> Photography > >>> mark at rabinergroup.com > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:31:44 -0500 > >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at > >>>> rabinergroup.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I wish I got to see the white background. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> It was white. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> -------------------- > >>>>> Mark William Rabiner > >>>>> Photography > >>>>> mark at rabinergroup.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tina Manley, ASMP > >> www.tinamanley.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com