Our assignment for this week was, essentially, to make prints that demonstrate that we can capture detail on film and expose and develop our film and prints with both shadow and highlight detail.
We were to shoot our photos under four different lighting conditions. Fortunately, the weather was cooperative. That flaming orange ball (sun) actually appeared in the sky this week.
My prints turned out good, considering the objective. Up until this point, we were concentrating on highlight detail. Shadow detail, although taken into consideration, had been secondary. It seems we had enough time to get a decent handle on highlight detail and get a feel for shadow detail and how to balance the need for both.
Shadows and highlights may be a bit more important in black and white photography since shades of gray are all we have to work with. Although I am sure I will continue to get better, I am relatively happy with my progress up until this point in time. There is plenty to digest to start getting average photos and prints. I look forward to progressing well beyond and producing some of the results I have seen others produce given time to learn and develop their art.
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