The only comprehensive, how-to guide to antique and contemporary photo processes, from daguerreotype to digital, Coming Into Focus is the essential reference for the amateur and professional photographer. The mysterious and beautiful processes used by historic and modern art photographers—many of which don't require a formal darkroom—are revealed here in simple, step-by-step instructions and photographic illustrations by internationally recognized experts, with each method carefully reviewed for safety and ease of use.The many "non-traditional" processes detailed here offer photographers exciting alternatives to standard methods—opening up whole new worlds of creative expression. With practical, lay-flat binding, all-inclusive materials lists, a resource guide, and in-depth chapters on chemicals, paper, and equipment, Coming Into Focus is an indispensable, handbook for any photographer in search of answers and inspiration.
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John Barnier has worked as a professional photographer for over twenty years and is a contributing editor to Camera View magazine He lives in Northern Minnesota.
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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
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A nice addition to any alt-photo library,
This review is from: Coming Into Focus: A Step-by-Step Guide to Alternative Photographic Printing Processes (Paperback)
A compelling blend of traditional processes takes on new life with new, improved chemical formats and digital techniques. Any artist working in alternative processes arrives, sooner or later, at their own individual methods and unique combinations of techniques. This book provides many examples of working formulas that build upon and further develope the traditional standard favorites. The "recipes" are clearly detailed in an easy-to-follow textbook format, with such new processes as the Fredrick Temperaprint (a tricolor system based on gum dichromate) and the Argyrotype (an iron-silver process similar to Van Dyke). It also seamlessly incorporates the digital technology we rely on more and more. It's given me a wealth of new ideas and projects to try out, and is sure to become an invaluable resource in my own darkroom.
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I whole-heartedly recommend this book. I also have "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes" by Christopher James, another good book, but I always go back to "Coming into Focus". This book is laid out in a very accessible manner, each section is written clearly and concisely, and the processes are described so that you understand and can start experimenting almost immediately (once you acquire the necessary materials for the relevant process). Again, this book is a very useful one, and a handy reference to have around.
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This is a wonderful book that tells you everything you want to know about alternative printing processes. I used to have "Keepers of Light" but lost it, so I ordered this as a replacement. It contains everything the other book did, plus information on using digital technology. A real resource for any serious photographer who is a purest at heart and wants to keep the old traditions alive.
Suzanne Ludlum-Loose
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There is no accurate way to pinpoint the true beginning of photography because of the great number of developments in optics and chemistry that came together to establish what we know as the medium today. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traditional cyanotype, potassium oxalate developer, collodion formula, kallitype process, cyanotype image, silver gelatin paper, dichromate stain, gum printing, bromoil process, sensitizer solution, alternative photographic processes, albumen printing, contact printing frame, coating box, buckle brush, agitate the print, iodized paper, clearing bath, enlarged negatives, palladium prints, albumenized paper, sensitizing solution, silver bath, carbon tissue, digital negatives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Solution Use, Russell Young, Terry King, Transfer Function, United States, Cause Paper, Sir John Herschel, Chicago Albumen Works, John Rudiak, Photo Warehouse, William Henry Fox Talbot, Cause Negative, Dan Burkholder, Lacock Abbey, Mark Osterman, New York, Richard Morris, World War, Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Craft, Crane's Platinotype, John Bornier, Peter Marshall, Problem Print, Solution Check New!
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There is no accurate way to pinpoint the true beginning of photography because of the great number of developments in optics and chemistry that came together to establish what we know as the medium today. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traditional cyanotype, potassium oxalate developer, collodion formula, kallitype process, cyanotype image, silver gelatin paper, dichromate stain, gum printing, bromoil process, sensitizer solution, alternative photographic processes, albumen printing, contact printing frame, coating box, buckle brush, agitate the print, iodized paper, clearing bath, enlarged negatives, palladium prints, albumenized paper, sensitizing solution, silver bath, carbon tissue, digital negatives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Solution Use, Russell Young, Terry King, Transfer Function, United States, Cause Paper, Sir John Herschel, Chicago Albumen Works, John Rudiak, Photo Warehouse, William Henry Fox Talbot, Cause Negative, Dan Burkholder, Lacock Abbey, Mark Osterman, New York, Richard Morris, World War, Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Craft, Crane's Platinotype, John Bornier, Peter Marshall, Problem Print, Solution Check New!
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- Art of Bromoil and Transfer by David W Lewis on page 174, page 182, and Back Matter
- The Silver Sunbeam: A Practical and Theoretical Textbook of Photography (1864 Facsimile Edition) by J. Towler on page 84
- Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing (Book & Disk) by Dan Burkholder on page 218
- Graphic Arts by Cal Industries in Back Matter
- Photo-Imaging: A Complete Visual Guide to Alternative Techniques and Processes (Photography for All Levels: Advanced) by Jill Enfield in Back Matter
- New Dimensions in Photo Processes, Third Edition: A Step by Step Manual by Laura Blacklow in Back Matter
- Photographic Possibilities, Second Edition: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials and Processes by Robert Hirsch on page 186
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