This is for anyone with the new View Camera MAGAZINE... sorry, I was being stupid
Bill Zorn's portfolio in the new VC magazine is amazing. I think we would all agree. My question is in regards to his highlights in his images.
In almost every image there is a highlight pushing zone VIII or IV (near paper base white) with very little detail but some texture even though most images were taken in overcast light. For example, the image on page 8, "Winery," has beatuful tonal values. The inside of the window and even the tops of the round things are pushing paper base white. And in the image on page 11, "Cedar Boats," the boards on top of the near boat are near paper white.
I've heard that you don't always have to have pure white and a pure black in an image. And even in his images here he has very bright highlights on images taken on overcast days. And it works very effectively.
My question is: Does he previsualize his highlights going that bright when metering the scene? Or are the bright highlights simply due to the reproduction process to print the images in the magazine. Maybe Steve will chime in here and answer my question.
I hope I'm not confusing.
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