The Elements of Black-and-White Printing [Paperback]

Carson Graves (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0240517954 | ISBN-13: 978-0240517957 | Publication Date: February 16, 1993

* In-depth, clear guidelines for assessing and salvaging seemingly hopeless negatives and prints.
* Tips on choosing papers, developers, and toners for a particular effect.
* Thorough coverage of archival processes, matting and framing
* Unique discussions on enlarger alignment and proper exposure.



This book provides the reader with practical techniques and procedures that will give him or her mastery over the medium of black and white photography. The reader will learn how to properly expose the print, change contrast for shadows, and create specialized developer formulas. The book also contains many exercises designed to calibrate these procedures in the darkroom and with whichever materials the reader chooses.

Editorial Reviews

Review

this book fills a gap between beginning and advanced photo texts. It is more specific in creating prints using specific chemistry & toners. Display & preservation are also needed topics.

The appendix is very helpful and should be expanded.

Nicely improved. I have used the first edition previously and found it to greatly improve student understanding and output.

"This book contains a great deal of valuable information that I have not found in other textbooks." - Victor chalfant, NW Arkansas Comm. College

"Very well done with wonderful testing ideas." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

"The book stresses the importance of {making a print] that fully expresses the photographer's intent and vision....it prods the reader to think about how he or she wants each print to look before going into the darkroom" --Camera and Darkroom magazine. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 165 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press (February 16, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240517954
• ISBN-13: 978-0240517957
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,652,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for beginners and advanced printers.Very practical, February 5, 1998

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This review is from: The Elements of Black-and-White Printing (Paperback)

Although this is a basic book, it covers several topics that advanced darkroom printers will find useful. For example it discusses making test strips by exposing for the HIGHLIGHTS. I've used the method and have adopted it. I'm also experimenting with split-filter exposures which it discusses very completely and it has been very helpful. Worth the money -- I've learned several new techniques.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment, not what I expect., December 7, 2001

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This review is from: Elements of Black and White Printing, Second Edition (Paperback)

Okay, here I am buying Carson Graves book on printing because earlier I bought his book on Zone system. Using previous book as prerequisite for this one, was way wrong. If you ever decide to buy some literature based on previous successes, think again. The one thing that I dislike very much about this book is a fact that author teach you to use numerous testing techniques without actually showing you enough picture examples of how given toning or bleaching changed the image. Of course, there are several photographs for illustration-but it's way too little for photography book. Photography book must have more than less pictures in order to show what author mean when he uses one or another alternation. It's like learning astronomy with books without ever looking at night sky. If author would use more illustrations I would give him more stars.