The Film Developing Cookbook (Darkroom Cookbook, Vol. 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (862 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0240802772 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 163 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book is a good reference book for those purists (like myself) who revere Nancy Jean Rose Now that digital cameras have taken over and people have quickly become accustomed to the mediocrity of snapshots film developing has been discarded by most and is quickly becoming a lost art. This book is a good reference book for those purists (like myself) who revere the "real way" of doing pho. Great reference manual. Great reference manual. Well laid out knowledge on the subject. Easy reference access to subject you want to find. Very informative. Well worth the investment.. Amazon Customer said This book is exactly as the title describes.. This book is exactly as the title describes. I had just finished up a photography class and we did both film and digital. We learned how to develop film and make out own prints, but I did not know there was many options and variables. It makes me appreciate the trouble the authors went through to
Internationally published, with his fine art work exhibited in galleries and private collections, Steve has conducted workshops since 1979, including workshops for the International Center for Photography in NYC, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Toscana Photographic Workshops (Italy), the Universities of California at Los Angeles, Santa Barbara,
They reject the trend toward 'scientific evaluation' of films and developers in favor of the photographer developing a personal aesthetic without relying exclusively on densitometry or H&D curves.Topics covered in this manual include:· Films· Developer ingredients· Types of developers· Formulas· Speed increasing· Mixing and storing stock solutions· Stop baths, fixers, and washing· Safety· Chemical and equipment suppliers· Recommended development time for hundreds of films and developers. It includes rarely found information on film development and the nature of film developers. This book will help photographers acquire a working knowledge of photographic chemistry that is relevant to black and white film developing and serve as a reference and refresher for photographers at all stages of their skill.This companion to The Darkroom Cookbook will help photographers become familiar with different developer formulas for achieving a wide range of pictorial effects, and teach them how to mix and use photographic solutions from scratch-even to create new ones. The authors take bold and controversial stances on many widely accepted film developing dogmas. Many of the developing formulas and archival fixing solutions contained in The Film Developing Cookbook have never before been presented. The Film Developing C
You'll learn huge amounts of stuff about photographic processes."photocrack. I cannot praise the writing and design of The Film Developing Cookbook highly enough." - Journal of the Print World"this is a very important publication for every fan of the darkroom. "This elegant, user-friendly book clearly provides the photo-chemical information necessary for the photographer to be in control of his or her black and white film developing