Dramatic Black & White Photography: Shooting and Darkroom Techniques [Paperback]

J. D. Hayward (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2000

The techniques featured in this book will give beginning and experienced photographers alike new ideas for each step of the photographic process. Every aspect of the 60 featured images is described in detail including the concept development, the composition of the shot, the lighting set-up, and the darkroom techniques used to finish the photo. The author also presents many methods for altering images in the darkroom-including sandwiching negatives, texturing and toning prints, and the art of combining different images into one composite print.

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About the Author

J. D. Hayward is a professional photographer and printer whose photographs have appeared in the Best of Photography Annual and Shutterbug magazines. He lives in Pensacola, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Amherst Media (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584280271
• ISBN-13: 978-1584280279
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,987,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars See a copy before you buy, December 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Dramatic Black & White Photography: Shooting and Darkroom Techniques (Paperback)

I don't like saying negative things and I've debated posting this review for quite a while but I feel I must. I'm so mad at myself for having bought this book just from reading descriptions that I have to say something.

I have quite a few photography technique books and this one was one book too many. It has some nice images along with brief explanations on how they were created. The problem I have with the book are the manipulated images, which make up about half of the book. I'm sorry, but I just don't see the point in adding water, clouds and birds to all those images, and often it's the same bird. I'd recommend looking through the book before purchasing, and if you can put up with the manipulated images, go for it, but I just don't see the point in them. Another thing-I haven't gone digital yet but I imagine that the manipulated images can be produced quicker on the computer nowadays.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Artistry in Black and White, September 23, 2000

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Jesse Earle Bowden (Pensacola, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dramatic Black & White Photography: Shooting and Darkroom Techniques (Paperback)

Photographer J.D. Hayward offers his own surrealistic Southern shadows in sharp black and white in an inspiring book that teaches camera work and darkroom techinques with an artist's eye and shutter-speed skill. In this beautiful book, featuring 50 portraits and dreamscapes, Hayward's sense of Southern landscapes and moods comes alive in in his blending of fascinating composites in the darkroom; he tells the story behind each photograph and gives instructions on how to reproduce the effect. Hayward is a photographic traditionist, keeping alive an artform reflective of Western landscapist Ansel Adams. Hayward prefers the delicate process of creating darkroom light and shadow in what many lament as a vanishing artform with the rise of faster and less expensive digital photography. Readers will be rewarded by Hayward's allegiance to the real artistic crafting of photography with lasting, enduring images. The award-winning Pensacola native, with prints known across the South, exposes his love of the Florida city's architecture and history in these images. This book will inspire all photographers, amateur and professional. I highly recommend this portrait of how to work in black and white with an artist's eye and steady hand.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough technical information, February 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Dramatic Black & White Photography: Shooting and Darkroom Techniques (Paperback)

I purchased this book expecting to learn techniques for darkroom effects, but the book didn't teach me much. After the introduction, there were a few pages on techniques, but being a photo student, I already understood them. The rest of the book was mostly a showcase of the artist's photographs, which is fine because many were beautiful, but it was just not what I was looking for. I just wanted more specific examples of each technique instead of the thought process for each photograph.