Black and White Photography: Digital Editing and Retouching
Reading and interpretation of the histogram
A course by Cristian Maturana Ortiz , Visual artist
Joined June 2019
About the video: Reading and interpretation of the histogram
Overview
“In this lesson, we will see how to make a translation of the camera tones to your representation on the monitor, by interpreting the information presented in the histogram. ”
In this video lesson Cristian Maturana Ortiz addresses the topic: Reading and interpretation of the histogram, which is part of the Domestika online course: Black and White Photography: Digital Editing and Retouching. Achieve total control over the tonal range and learn how to capture, retouch, and print your photos.
Partial transcription of the video
“Reading and interpretation of the histogram In this lesson we will see the reading and interpretation of the histogram. We saw how our camera's exposure meter behaved Regarding the measurement, that when we put our camera to measure the amount of light on a surface, This device will give us a diaphragm information, exposure time and sensitivity in the case of digital photography so that with these three parameters place us whatever we are measuring in the category of a medium gray. They plotted this image as a little square that has a 5 above. That will always be like that. The camera whene...”
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Course summary for: Black and White Photography: Digital Editing and Retouching
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Areas
Digital Photography, Film Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography

Cristian Maturana Ortiz
A course by Cristian Maturana Ortiz
Chilean photographer and artist Cristian Maturana lives in Viña del Mar, where he teaches Professional Photography at the Instituto Arcos. He is also a printer and framing artist in the specialized workshop of fine art photography Taller Atacama. In addition to photography, he studied architecture and cinema.
He has received the Fondart award for the C.M./C.M project. (Yo es Otro), has published 2 books, and has participated in several individual and collective exhibits in important galleries and museums in Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Spain.
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