Dodging and burning for reference: Langford Book pp337
Why dodge and burn:
- To create more dimensionality make some parts brighter, and make others recede into the shadows – increase contrast between shadow and light
- To even out the tones in light and dark areas
dodge: to open up the sadows- show more detail
burn: to darken highlights – minimize ‘hot’ spots and show detail in bright areas - To draw your viewer’s eye to your main subject. to emphasize one part of the image/make other parts less prominent
- To make the subject stand out by making the detail in distracting backgrounds less noticeable
Examples – printer’s notes on adding or reducing time in parts of the image
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In the darkroom dodging and burning techniques (click to enlarge images)
Example – Dodge and Burn parts of the image (click to enlarge images)
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