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Beyond the Zone System, 4th Edition
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Beyond the Zone System, 4th Edition

by Phil Davis
November 1998
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
220 pages
7h 42m
English
Routledge
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“Untitled,” by Joe Tomasovsky. Courtesy of the photographer.

Learning the Language

Exposing film to light produces a latent image that can be made visible by chemical development. Similarly, printing paper, suitably exposed, forms a latent image that appears in a few seconds when the paper is immersed in the developer solution.

In both cases, the visible image is composed of masses of tiny particles of silver. Because the black silver deposit forms most densely where the exposing light is most intense, the film image records the subject’s highlights as dark tones and the shadows as light-toned, transparent grays. The film image is called a negative ...

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ISBN: 9780240803432