Photo Techniques Magazine stated: ''All our readers
need to know about this very useful book.'' Indeed,
there is no other compendium that is as in-depth as this
for the beauty and magic of fine-art black-and-white
photography. With 560 pages and over 1,000
illustrations, Way Beyond Monochrome starts with
conceptual lessons of composition and takes you through
image capture, exposure, controlling tonality,
variable-contrast paper, archival printing, mounting,
framing and presentation with simple concepts to an
advanced level. This new edition has been completely
revised and heavily expanded, adding over 250 pages to
the original edition with new chapters on print
mounting, spotting, framing, digital negatives,
utilizing digital technologies for alternative
processes, and fabulous do-it-yourself projects.
Overall, the authors have created a thoroughly
researched, technologically sound yet aesthetically
pleasing, inspirational bible for monochrome
photography.New to this edition: almost double the
content a new section discussing the path from
visualization to print, illustrating the interaction
between eye and brain, explaining the rules of
composition and when to break them to produce
photographs with impact a new section on presentation
including hands-on mounting, matting, spotting, and
framing image capture has a more in-depth focus, now
covering pinhole photography and digital capture now
includes making and printing with digital negatives a
new section discussing the pros and cons of typical
image-taking and image-making equipment plus new
do-it-yourself projects, including many darkroom tools
and an electronic shutter tester a useful collection of
templates, to copy, cut-out and take with you in your
camera bag or use in the darkroom an appendix with all
the recipes to make your own darkroom chemicals from
scratch all illustrations improved and updated improved
index with 1,400 references |
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