Creative Elements: Landscape Photography-Darkroom Techniques
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0863433979 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Getting the most out of smaller negatives. Getting the most out of smaller negatives.One of the problems that the small format (35mm) photographer faces when using faster film (ASA Getting the most out of smaller negatives. Marc Ruby™ Getting the most out of smaller negatives.One of the problems that the small format (35mm) photographer faces when using faster film (ASA 400) is that the subsequent loss of detail makes truly representative imagery difficult to accomplish. Used to the techniques of large format specialists such as Ansel Adams or John Sexton, we have come to expect big prints with breathtaking depth and detail. In addition, large format negatives permit fine manipulations of contrast and perspective. This often convinces the 35mm SLR owner that good black and white landscape work is beyond his or her reach.Fortunately, this is not true. Eddie Ephraums fin. 00) is that the subsequent loss of detail makes truly representative imagery difficult to accomplish. Used to the techniques of large format specialists such as Ansel Adams or John Sexton, we have come to expect big prints with breathtaking depth and detail. In addition, large format negatives permit fine manipulations of contrast and perspective. This often convinces the 35mm SLR owner that good black and white landscape work is beyond his or her reach.Fortunately, this is not true. Eddie Ephraums fin. "Superb, if a little daunting, an aspiring volume" according to Jonathan Hobbs. I come at this book as someone who wishes to improve their darkroom technique beyond the obvious burn-in-the-sky and dodge-the-face level. I also come at this from someone wishing to exploit at least some, if not most of the advantages of the Zone System, where in most guides the idea is to minimise print manipulation.There is no doubting that the work in this book is outstanding, if not a little stylised. It takes you from a basic proof print, to an image representing more artwork than photograph, and if that is the school that you wish to follow, then this is simple the best book for you. A decent knowledge of darkroom techniques is req. A Customer said Excellent. Step by step technical data for each image in the book is included. There are notes on each image from its original creation, film used, developing, lighting all the way to printing and toning data. The first straight print is included alongside the final print, so yo uare able to see how the results of careful and creative darkroom work. Charts on the areas dodged and burned, bleached and toned are included to walk you through to the creation of the final image. The appendix includes several toner recipes all of which are very good.
Also Recommended: "Beyond Monochrome," "The Complete Photographer.". A full guide to equipment, darkroom set-up, film processing, printing, and toning is included together with many examples and step-by-step instructions from the negative to the finished print. Eddie Ephraums, an acclaimed photographer and printer, describes in detail the techniques he uses to create fine-art prints. This book is a complete guide to photographing, developing, and creatively printing images of the landscape. It is a creative process, an opportunity to express ourselves in the form of an individually crafted print-utilizing the creative elements of photography. Landscape photography is not a passive process
He works solely in black & white producing images for exhibitions and for illustrating articles, books and lecturing work. Eddie Ephraums is an acclaimed photographer and fine-art printer. He co-wrote the highly informed "AG+ Photographic" manual, is commissioning editor for the quarterly "AG+ Photographic" and regularly writes for photography magazines, both in the UK and overseas.
"A veritable gold mine of information for serious practitioners of black-and-white photography and darkroom work." -- Camera and Darkroom