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  • čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
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    Learn how to use zones of light to convert color photographs to stunning, high contrast, black and white images. In this episode Mark Wallace explains his abbreviated version of Ansel Adam's Zone System. Mark explains the five zones of exposure and demonstrates how to manipulate them using Lightroom 5.
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Komentáře • 131

  • @michaelmcphee2930
    @michaelmcphee2930 Před 3 lety

    Finally someone has put together a contemporary digital approximation of the Zone System. Thanks Mark

  • @AltonaBeach
    @AltonaBeach Před 4 lety +4

    I go back to when all my photography was all and only B&W. Maybe I will start all over again., Thank you, a great video.

  • @YouDontTalkAboutFightClub
    @YouDontTalkAboutFightClub Před 9 lety +13

    Mark always says so much in a way we all can follow and understand. Loved this episode on the zone system. I've always needed a simple and usable breakdown I could apply to my photography. Thanks Mark!

  • @M123OCT
    @M123OCT Před rokem

    I am the perfect person on whom to road-test your video, simply because I am a beginner when it comes to manually adjusting a camera. And, after watching quite a few videos, I would say yours is the clearest.
    Even the tip about adjusting ISO last is really helpful. 👍 Cheers.

  • @TVRDAFT
    @TVRDAFT Před 4 lety +1

    Ansel Adams zone system has always been brilliant to use. In the early 1900's he was the master.

  • @gpdoyon
    @gpdoyon Před 4 lety

    I loved all of your tips! Black and white with so much contrast and textures---amaaaaaazing!

  • @stefanhansen5882
    @stefanhansen5882 Před 4 lety +1

    This might be six years old, but I just found it, and I am glad I did. Thanks a lot!

  • @jimblackie5476
    @jimblackie5476 Před 6 lety +4

    This just transformed my B&W work from mediocre to outstanding. I can't thank you enough for helping me understand tones and the zone hack you devised!

  • @GeofPowell
    @GeofPowell Před 9 lety +27

    I learned some good tips for adjusting B&W shots in Lightroom.

  • @christophermason7735
    @christophermason7735 Před měsícem

    That was a really good video. You have given me some great ideas on how to process my B&W.

  • @johnc3826
    @johnc3826 Před 9 lety +2

    Once again, Mark, you have shown a new way to me to unlock the power and versatility of Lightroom. Your videos are the best! Thank you for taking the time to post these videos during your travels.

  • @ChristopherWalrath
    @ChristopherWalrath Před 3 lety +1

    I really like this system. One thing to bear in mind. Make sure the photograph has all of the details you want in the final image. If a portion of the photo is washed out or blackened out, it will stay that way in post. Great video. Thanks.

  • @MacClellandMan
    @MacClellandMan Před 6 lety

    I am glad to hear others applying the principals of Zone System to digital photography. The Zone System Ansel Adams explained was not about getting high contrast images. It was about control in order to serve creativity and to be able to anticipate how tools, light, film, paper, chemicals, temperature, and time could be manipulated to bring into the concrete what begins in the imagination. Adams wanted to take the guess work out photography. If he wanted to reduce contrast, hold shadow or highlight detail, etc., he used his system. He was brilliant technically as he was creatively.

  • @katarzynabuksinska1305
    @katarzynabuksinska1305 Před 4 lety +1

    Hi Mark, thank you so much for explaining black and white photography en Lightroom!!! After your class I definately know more :-) Thanks and have a great day!

  • @wolfharley1
    @wolfharley1 Před 4 lety +4

    This is just what I needed for education... thanks

  • @markcunningham8788
    @markcunningham8788 Před 9 lety

    Really appreciated this video guys.. i love that no matte how much you use Lightroom, you learn different things and techniques frequently...thanks!

  • @johncharlesgray4913
    @johncharlesgray4913 Před rokem

    Wow! Just came across this 8 year old video and learned a great deal about enhancing b&w images. I found the luminosity section at the end particularly useful. Thanks!

  • @cutterjohnston5668
    @cutterjohnston5668 Před 4 lety

    This an excellent LR video for a LR newbie working on a B&W video clip in After Effects and Premier. The B&W mograph has been taken up 10 notches. THANK YOU!

  • @michaljesensky4201
    @michaljesensky4201 Před 8 lety

    Perfect explanation. Easy to follow and fun to watch. Mark's videos are my favorite.

  • @CloudKnife
    @CloudKnife Před 7 lety +3

    I just re-edited my last shoot which I did black and white. I was feeling a bit deflated about my first edits but after watching this video I like my shots again. Thanks a lot for the great tips :)

  • @cyrille8693
    @cyrille8693 Před 6 lety +1

    I've seen (a lot !) of videos on editing photography and this one is def in my top five. Thanks for those awesome tips ! I'll never look at a locker the same way again 😊🙏🌈

  • @JohnJohnson-bo5sv
    @JohnJohnson-bo5sv Před rokem

    this is great! I am in a East Texas summer and so much of what I see is Harsh light and contrasty shadows. This gives me a new approach. I will look into the more detailed vids you mentioned. thanks

  • @baharam98
    @baharam98 Před 2 lety

    This video was great and extremely helpful. Thanks!

  • @JasonPatz
    @JasonPatz Před 9 lety

    Great information. Clearly and concisely explained. Thank you Mark!

  • @brokenrohit2101
    @brokenrohit2101 Před 6 lety

    Excellent tips, just entering in black and white photography.

  • @mamuphotographer7647
    @mamuphotographer7647 Před 3 lety

    Your film helped me a lot. thank you very much. Black and white is really magical

  • @Adorama
    @Adorama  Před 9 lety +8

    *Mark Wallace is in Peru with your latest photography tips!*
    Learn how to use zones of light to convert color photographs to stunning, high contrast, black & white images. adr.ma/1nOl4se

  • @HumbertoAbed
    @HumbertoAbed Před 8 lety +3

    Great tutorial!! been watching lots of videos on how to convert to BnW and edit but yours is really great. Thank you

  • @egolloher
    @egolloher Před 8 lety

    Just seeing this now, and I am LOVING all the tips! Makes so much sense and I'm putting it to use as we speak!

  • @chakibabi-saab9203
    @chakibabi-saab9203 Před 7 lety +3

    Thank you for this video.. Brilliant. I am really going to practice this technique from now on.

  • @CoryLievers
    @CoryLievers Před 9 lety

    This is great, thanks. I'm going to try this on my next black & white conversion.

  • @JohnKorvell
    @JohnKorvell Před 9 lety +2

    I hover my cursor over areas of the image to check where my zones are. White shows up in the 90's / black close or at zero. This helps me control (especially) if any whites are getting blown out totally or if some pixels remain. I also click and hold on the histogram to shift zones a bit. Last, I use the color temperature slider to do some fine tuning when the image is already B&W.

    • @lowe_h_seger
      @lowe_h_seger Před rokem

      Bear in mind that values below 7 in the black areas will not print any details, keep it at seven or above. While white should be below the 250 value to print any details. Generally you would like to have some tonality in a sky and not the same white as the paper itself which you are printing on. Keep the values within these numbers your prints will look a lot more professional and expensive. If one wants to push limits and being very abstract and/or graphic with their work, that's fine as well of course.

  • @heinzhagenbucher4714
    @heinzhagenbucher4714 Před 9 lety +2

    Hi Mark. Thanks for this very helpful and interesting video. I'm looking forward to try it out soon. Have a great day.

  • @sumittyagi5
    @sumittyagi5 Před 3 lety

    Learnt something good and important today. Thanks

  • @chetbowman6714
    @chetbowman6714 Před 7 lety +1

    Great video, well explained and demonstrated. Very practical

  • @rmgstudios0912
    @rmgstudios0912 Před 3 lety

    Amazing video

  • @maircraft4079
    @maircraft4079 Před 3 lety

    A good and simplified application of the zone system using lightroom. Easier than Ps using selections.

  • @hobbiesandfxtrading
    @hobbiesandfxtrading Před 9 lety

    Thank you so much for this tutorial!! Really helps me a lot as a beginner. More power Mark!

  • @hitmancorporation
    @hitmancorporation Před 8 lety

    I was going to watch a movie on Netflix, but then this video distracted me and got me all interested in playing around with some B&W photography again... also this ISN'T THE ZONE SYSTEM! Oh wait... never mind. Taught me a lot - thank you.

  • @sambarnett3820
    @sambarnett3820 Před 6 lety

    Awesome video! So much knowledge.

  • @johnkraemer5505
    @johnkraemer5505 Před 8 lety

    Very good overview! Thank you for sharing!

  • @murugan1960
    @murugan1960 Před 6 lety

    its may very advanced tutorial in the aspect of black and white photos

  • @amaitra
    @amaitra Před 2 lety

    Great video - don't see him in the channel any longer

  • @ianpalmer6449
    @ianpalmer6449 Před 8 lety

    Simple, stunning, superb

  • @RichardHamilton79
    @RichardHamilton79 Před 9 lety

    Really helpful as a beginner Mark, thank you!

  • @jorgelvs30
    @jorgelvs30 Před 8 lety

    Mark, Thanks for this great tutorial.

  • @hawg427
    @hawg427 Před 9 lety

    I just had flashbacks from when I went to Photo school in Daytona Beach Photography School. We had to study The Zone System for 6 Mos. but of course when I went there we had to shoot using 4x5 view cameras :-) I wonder if Ansel would have gotten into the Digital scene. Photographers today just don't know how lucky they are getting to use post production. I had to do all my stuff in a darkroom. LOL This is so much easier than shooting 4x5 and having to develop ea. neg. by itself. Good video :-)

  • @harshnama1
    @harshnama1 Před 6 lety

    Very useful video. Thank you 🙏

  • @markharris5771
    @markharris5771 Před 7 lety

    I really like the photograph of the lock, that's the sort of shot I prefer to do on film.

  • @kochavigivoni5814
    @kochavigivoni5814 Před 9 lety

    Mark, like always, very good tutorial! I love B&W....
    Tank you

  • @marclabro
    @marclabro Před 4 lety

    nice tuto ! helpful workflow ! i am fan of sylver efex pro2 but this requires a huge tif/psd from lightroom so if we can do the job in raw under LR, it is always welcome.

  • @nelsonted1
    @nelsonted1 Před 9 lety

    I didn't notice the pink bow until the before and after at the end of the shot. That would have been a cool photo with a little pink in the bow!

  • @lukasschonleitner2617
    @lukasschonleitner2617 Před 3 lety

    Great video !

  • @spallan100
    @spallan100 Před 9 lety

    love your video's Mark

  • @KmalSadek
    @KmalSadek Před 5 lety

    This is such an awesome video about B&W.
    Thanks much

  • @oraghz02
    @oraghz02 Před 8 lety

    hey Mr.Mark Wallace
    interesting interpretation ! see you next one !

  • @rdauld
    @rdauld Před 9 lety +2

    Excellent Mark. Just getting into B&W and this is really helpful !

    • @Adorama
      @Adorama  Před 9 lety

      rdauld Sounds great! Please let us know how it works out for you.

  • @Frames_films
    @Frames_films Před 9 lety

    really nice, very useful tips.

  • @stanleyprendergast2133

    This is so great

  • @mahmoudabdulhalim6247
    @mahmoudabdulhalim6247 Před 9 lety +1

    very informative an very nice video good job mark.. can u help me please in my choice between d750 and d810 i really like the d810 but the files size is so BIG and 1/4000 ss in the d750 i do not like it..i am interested in wedding photography so mr mark what is your advise to me thank you

  • @oguzbenice7423
    @oguzbenice7423 Před 4 lety

    Excellent !

  • @coyote7106
    @coyote7106 Před 7 lety

    Thank you fot this video. It is what I really needed to go further. These are small tips extremely important end usefull but one cannot find easily and quickly alone.

  • @BrotherBloat
    @BrotherBloat Před 9 lety +1

    excellent video as usual, Mark!

  • @gewglesux
    @gewglesux Před 9 lety +3

    very detailed!! thanks for the upload!

  • @cosmiccomic3744
    @cosmiccomic3744 Před 4 lety

    amazingggg

  • @gazlw1175
    @gazlw1175 Před 4 lety

    Thank you very much..

  • @aidanmcknight3111
    @aidanmcknight3111 Před 7 lety

    Thanks for this...fantastic

  • @PikPikkabbu
    @PikPikkabbu Před 4 měsíci

    Artisans adjust to rules cause they are, for them, the bases and justifications of their work. So they must respect them in their jobs. The artists, however, do what they fancy and don't give a damn of rules.

  • @user-vn2xx6kx3b
    @user-vn2xx6kx3b Před 9 lety

    Soo beautiful video
    I wondered if still there is a way to do this process by apps that don't have black and white adjustment capability. Only exposure, highlight and shadow?
    eg. Adobe Photoshop Express

  • @keddycheng8406
    @keddycheng8406 Před 8 lety

    that was really helpful for me, thx for sharing!!!

  • @hajmanek
    @hajmanek Před 4 lety

    Great video, many thanks, from now my B&W photos looks different :)

  • @swccbakersfieldca2076
    @swccbakersfieldca2076 Před 4 lety

    Good video

  • @jinyingzhan927
    @jinyingzhan927 Před rokem

    i have a question. some photographer says a picture should not get into a clipping point because when in printing, it won't print the detail if the dark or highlight side is clipped on histogram. How do you address that issue when you work on dark and highlight?

  • @luishreyesbarrios84
    @luishreyesbarrios84 Před 9 lety

    Amazing simplification!

  • @OwenEDell
    @OwenEDell Před 3 lety

    I was always taught that you want to eliminate any clipping of the whites if you're going to print, in order to avoid having spots on the paper that don't have any toner applied. When I see those red spots it makes me uneasy. Thoughts?

  • @1967davidsrebrnik
    @1967davidsrebrnik Před 3 lety

    I remember when at school in the 80s we studied the zone system, it was quite complicate. We had to take into account the temperature and time of the film developing. We had to prepare a series of test to determine how we'll process the whole picture from the shot until the print. Well it wasn't as easy as lightroom 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheOsfania
    @TheOsfania Před 6 lety +7

    Adams' original prints were not very high contrast. Most of the high contrast stuff of his that you see now were reprinted by him in the 1960s and 1970s. He chose more contrast as he got older.

  • @canturgan
    @canturgan Před 9 lety

    It's the tone system. Good information.

  • @aykegaze2672
    @aykegaze2672 Před 7 lety

    Very interesting topic. Bravo

  • @gardnercalibuso
    @gardnercalibuso Před 9 lety

    Great tips! Thanks..

  • @bivboy10
    @bivboy10 Před 9 lety

    cheers Mark very good mate

  • @hart5483
    @hart5483 Před 8 lety

    awesome video! thank you! by the way, when i edit picture, how should i set my monitor's brightness? should i set it in the middle? or should i max my screen brightness? any other paramater on my screen i should adjust before editing a picture?

  • @NMalteC
    @NMalteC Před 9 lety

    Nice video. Have you ever considered using the 'Y' key to show the before and after side by side?

  • @MrJonpeters
    @MrJonpeters Před 9 lety +3

    A really great tutorial yet again Mark as I love converting to B&W. I think its very popular today.
    I'll certainly put your lesson into practice.
    How's the trip going btw? When do you expect to finish it?

  • @HandlethatJandal
    @HandlethatJandal Před 7 lety

    Very interesting, thx

  • @mhsvz6735
    @mhsvz6735 Před 6 lety

    Thank you.

  • @tamiraloni4092
    @tamiraloni4092 Před 9 lety

    Very interesting.

  • @ilja.kirsunov
    @ilja.kirsunov Před 6 lety +3

    But is sitting infront of a PC still photography? Just my opinion...

  • @daspeed07
    @daspeed07 Před 9 lety +1

    Very cool

  • @32ndFoto
    @32ndFoto Před 8 lety

    Very helpful..

  • @MikeyColon
    @MikeyColon Před 8 lety

    Awesome

  • @aleksandartrpkov8550
    @aleksandartrpkov8550 Před 5 lety

    Hi Mark. Did you mention that it's RAW photos that you are editing?

  • @ATATASHIGA
    @ATATASHIGA Před 7 lety

    where is the image of the old run down house for sale in spanish from? It looks incredibly familiar!

  • @Moodboard39
    @Moodboard39 Před rokem

    B&W best

  • @arijitbiswas2065
    @arijitbiswas2065 Před 6 lety

    Nice.

  • @sumitagg1
    @sumitagg1 Před 6 lety

    Can you use this for color images?

  • @arielc.wilson1126
    @arielc.wilson1126 Před 4 lety

    Hi, what is the music played in this video? Thanks!

  • @chrishuang8763
    @chrishuang8763 Před 5 lety

    With the Lumix GX9 I bought recently, I just shoot in L Monochrome D for B&W and RAW (in case I needed colour later). Very easy.

  • @thomastuorto9929
    @thomastuorto9929 Před rokem

    Strictly talking B&W photography & how color effects it, would you prefer a color or monochrome camera/filters? Just curious on your thoughts. Thanks for any replies & where the heck in the world are you these days?

  • @Adrian-wd4rn
    @Adrian-wd4rn Před 2 lety

    This is cool and all, but not really zone metering. This is closer to split contrast printing in the darkroom...In fact, the whole process is nearly 1:1 split contrast printing. Zone metering is metering your darkest spots and putting them 2 stops lower from mid grey to get them to nearly black but still retaining some detail...