The DSLR Filmmaker's Handbook by Barry Andersson & Janie L. Geyen

Author:Barry Andersson & Janie L. Geyen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

In general, the eye looks at and focuses on any people and therefore skin in the image or lighter areas in the image. Skin falls mainly into zones 4, 5, and 6. Zones 7, 8, and 9 are usually the lightest part of any given image.

The zone system helps determine what parts of the image should be in what zone. For example, if you are trying to determine whether you have adequate light to get proper exposure of your actors in a scene, put their skin tones in zone 5 and set the exposure for this zone. Now look at the rest of the image to see how it looks. You will want to see an image with a nice range of zones represented in the shadows and the highlights. If you don’t get the range you want or if exposing for the skin to be zone 5 makes other parts of the image improperly exposed, you will need to find a way to adjust the lighting.

The zone system can help in another way too. When you set up the lighting, put your central visual focus in the zone you want it to be in. As you set the lights and test your shots, you can adjust the lighting to keep your exposure and make sure that the rest of the image has the proper light and dark areas to keep your exposure pleasing.

A quick way to test the zone system is to use your spot meter to test the f-stop of the element you are exposing for. Then you can expose to that point and check to make sure that other parts of the image are in a range of zones to get shadows and highlights in your shot.

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