CHAPTER 4
THE ZONE
The key element of the Zone System is a “visual ruler” that allows photographers to visualize and actually measure the difference between normal-, low-, and high-contrast subjects. This is called the Zone Scale.
FIGURE 13 The Zone Scale.
Ideally, the tonal values in a photograph should logically represent the light and dark values we see in the world around us. When we photograph a dark wooden wall, for example, our expectation is that the resulting print will have the tonality and detail of dark wood. The visual unit that makes this correspondence between the real and the photographed world possible is called the ...
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