Review: A small Californian company called LightCrafts set out to change the world of image editing. They sought a simple, intuitive program to help photographers instead of hindering them. It is not about the tool but the image. And born was LightZone.
It is based upon the relatively simple idea Ansel Adams used to get a full tonal range from b/w film, any photo is build up of different zones of lightness or tones. When we see a scene - or look at a picture - we don't see curves, histograms or numerical values, we see hues, tones, light, shadow. So why do we change physical and mathematical concepts instead of going in, optimizing the photo as we think about it: 'This must be a bit lighter, here I need some more shadow to get rid of distracting detail …'?
Joby Gorillapod Original
