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ELEMENTS OF BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING
Elements of Black and White Printing
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Second Edition

By
Carson Graves, Carson Graves has taught, exhibited and written about photography for over twenty years at schools and universities around the country. He is also the author of The Zone System for 35mm Photographers.

Description
Whether you are a novice or an expert in the darkroom, the second edition of The Elements of Black-and-White Printing will give you the tools necessary to control your print making. You will learn the proper techniques for exposing a print, how to choose the correct paper contrast, and ways to find the best combination of paper and developer for your images. In addition to explaining the procedures, this unique book contains exercises that help you calibrate these procedures with your own equipment with the materials you prefer. Photographers will find this book an essential resource in the darkroom. Elements of Black-and-White Printing will help you learn how to choose the right exposure and contrast for your negative; select papers, developers, and toners that complement each other; print negatives with extreme contrast ranges; salvage seemingly hopeless negatives and prints; print, develop, and store negatives and prints for maximun life; display your photographs in a way that enhances their message; properly align your enlarger; and more.

Audience
Professional photographers and students of photography

Contents
Reviewing Darkroom Fundamentals * Exposing for the Highlights * Changing Contrast for the Shadows * Photographic Chemistry: Creating a Developer * Choosing a Paper and a Developer * Special Contrast Solutions * Salvage Techniques * Toning * Archival Processing * Preservation and Presentation * Appendix A Enlarger Alignment * Appendix B Developer Formulas * Appendix C Miscellaneous Formulas * Appendix D Supplies * Appendix E Books

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 208 pages, publication date: JAN-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80312-8
ISBN-10: 0-240-80312-4
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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Last update: 4 Sep 2009
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