Zone System Digital

Gloss - "Brecon Beacons Pictures"
Wales National Park

Is the Zone System relavent today as it was 70 years ago? I would say it certainly is and without my knowledge and training on the Zone System when I was printing and using film, I don't think I could understand what I'm trying achieve in the digital darkroom today. I'm currently working through a digital workflow of how I use the Zone System in the digital world, this will be available as a E-book soon.


"If you don't use the Zone System, then what system will you use to know what you've got as you photograph?" Ansel Adams true words even today.

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Fire in Yosemite National Park California

Yosemite National Park in California is an amazing place, I have only managed to be lucky enough to visit there once myself. My thoughts are with the locals and fire-fighters at this time when 4,700 acres of their stunning woodland is on fire... Hopefully it will all be under control shortly.

Peter Lik has some good points here about being out and about in the wild...

NYC - TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN AT DUSK

NYC - Taken at dusk in Downtown New York - Available on Vesuvio Gallery

This image was taken in 2009 in the busy city of NYC, this is probably the busiest city I so far on my travels. So much so I struggled to find my quiet space for meditation, I found a way through this by focusing on some of the quieter places I have travelled to like Yosemite or China Beach, California. This helped me to focus my meditation on a different place in the world rather than the actual place.

A meditation guru and of great help to many is HeadSpace, very good tips on introducing a meditation practise into your everyday life. "Watch the final Headspace animation to help get your approch right to your meditation practice. " Andy Puddicombe...