Color Photography: A Working Manual [Paperback]

Henry Horenstein (Author), Russell Hart (Author), Tom Briggs (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0316373168 | ISBN-13: 978-0316373166 | Publication Date: January 18, 1995

This guide to photographing and processing in colour starts with an historical overview and moves into practical advice on types of film and how to photograph in colour in different light conditions, how to adjust for best exposure, and how to use filters to alter colour balance. Film processing is reviewed in detail, along with a section on how to work with professional labs, since many photographers do not process their own colour film. A section on colour printing is intended particularly for students and committed amateurs, and other chapters cover health and environmental hazards and how to minimize them as well as long-term permanence of colour materials.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (January 18, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316373168
• ISBN-13: 978-0316373166
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #35 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Color

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Beginners and Intermediate Students, February 20, 2001

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Regis (Remy) (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Color Photography: A Working Manual (Paperback)

This book is well-written and lavishly illustrated with good-quality color photographs from a number of well-known contemporary photographers. The basic physics of color theory and color perception are well laid out. The text and explanations are easy to follow, even for a novice. Having taught color photography for a number of years, in the US and in France and Italy, I have found that this text to be the most consistently useful for my students.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, October 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Color Photography: A Working Manual (Paperback)

Much like his Basics of B&W photography Horenstein 's Color photography manual is a easy to read, is filled with excellent information and contains tons of photographs that inspire his readers. In short, this book is perfect for anyone beginning in color photography.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Guide For Color Photographers, February 2, 2004

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Timothy Kearney (Haverhill, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Color Photography: A Working Manual (Paperback)

Henry Horenstein, author of BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY: A BASIC MANUAL, a book often used as a photography text book, has a similar book on color photography. COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY: A WORKING MANUAL offers the same excellent how-to information provide in the black and white counterpart. The book contains many of Horenstein's excellent photographs and offers information regarding filters and developing color prints. While it contains some information on color transparencies (slides), it is somewhat scant and may in the long run be more helpful for printmakers. At a time when digital photography is all the rage, this book is not obsolete since Horenstein's expertise will help ant photographer, no matter what the medium.