Post-Exposure: Advanced Techniques for the Photographic Printer [Paperback]

Ctein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0240802993 | ISBN-13: 978-0240802992 | Publication Date: December 4, 1997

Written by an expert printmaker, Post-Exposure will teach photographers the underlying principles as well as practices needed to produce truly excellent photography prints. Taken from over thirty years experience and addressing both black-and-white and color, its purpose is to teach photographers the refinements of photographic printmaking--taking them from making merely competent prints to truly excellent ones.

The book will provide clear explanations of principles and theory, but the focus will be on practical techniques and examples of fine printmaking. Post-Exposure will contain numerous photographic prints, including sixteen pages of color.

Numerous illustrations and 16 pages of full color provide clear examples of practical techniques.
Clear explanation of the principles of printing from a master photographer.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The short review is this: buy the book. It is not just another how-to-book, but is filled with theoretical backgrounds to a wide range of photographic questions; it will be an invaluable reference work on your shelves. The section on development inhibiting couplers, for example, is brilliant." - Shutterbug

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The book provides clear explanations of principles and theory, but the focus is on practical techniques and examples of fine printmaking. Post-Exposure will contain numerous photographic prints, including sixteen pages of color prints.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press (December 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240802993
• ISBN-13: 978-0240802992
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,157,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent discussion of factors which enhance print quality., May 11, 1999

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R. B. Hallock (Leverett, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Post-Exposure: Advanced Techniques for the Photographic Printer (Paperback)

Ctein indicates up front that this book is not designed as an introduction to printmaking, but is dedicated to teaching the refinements of printmaking. At this the book remarkably successful. Topics include film characteristics and calibration, enlarging lenses and the subject of image sharpness, black and white and color printing, and many tidbits of useful information gleaned form many years of experience and experimentation. Those familiar with and comfortable with graphical information will particularly like the book. From my perspective the section on image sharpness was extremely well done, including a technical discussion about what matters and what does not as well as a tabulation of recommended enlarging lenses and their characteristics. Another good discussion is the thorough presentation of contrast and the effect of various filters on different papers. Although color printing is also covered, even for those who limit themselves to black and white the content in the color sections is interesting. Ctein presents facts for the most part, but on occasion also states his opinions. When he does, he makes it quite clear he is doing so. This is quite simply a superb book, one of the best I have read, and filled with useful information.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of tips for the serious printmaker, July 13, 1999

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Jorge Ma Trevino Garcia "Jorge M. Treviño" (Uruapan, Mich. Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Post-Exposure: Advanced Techniques for the Photographic Printer (Paperback)

Do you know how to make an unsharp mask for your color negatives? How to evaluate your enlarging lens? Why your variable-contrast prints might be unsharp? These are just three of the unique tips I could found on Ctein's book and that made it worth its price but the whole book, from cover to cover, is superb reading material.

Although the book is assembled from seemingly disconnect articles, it is an out of the ordinary collection of techniques focused on improving your darkroom work.

A must for dedicated darkroom workers.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ADVANCED!!! Good book, but not for the average amateur, January 2, 1999

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This review is from: Post-Exposure: Advanced Techniques for the Photographic Printer (Paperback)

I do not consider myself to be technically lacking, however this book (informative as it was) is written for those in the higher levels of photographic sciences. If you don't have a good science background, or a knowledge of optics or physics, this book will be extremely difficult for you. Many of the technical terms required explanation, however they weren't. The majority of the charts and graphs were meaningless to me. I don't want to put the book down totally, there are some things that you could learn from it, however the fact that it is written in such highly scientific terms makes the book difficult for the average layperson like myself.