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The Limitations of Film Processing
Author’s Note: This article is for digital photographers who process their images. I will refer to us as the “Photographer/Processor”. The goal, after reading this article, is that you will strongly consider processing your digital photographs in a “non-destructive” workflow to achieve your “Artistic Vision”.
With all the advancements in the 200+ years of film photography, there has been only one enduring processing method… Ansel Adams’ Zone System. His technique provided the “Photographer/Processor” a “systematic” approach using film exposure and chemical processing to control t...

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Bob DiNatale is an Adobe Certified Photoshop Lightroom Expert and an X-rite Coloratti. - Author of "The Optimum Digital Exposure" - US Patent in Color Printing; - Polaroid R&D - worked in experimental silver emulsions and optical sensitizing dyes - Instructor for both Nikon and Time Life Schools of Photography - founded the Olympus School of Digital Photography. - Photographer & Lecturer - specializing in 1-on-1 online training in all aspects of digital photography.
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