Best Book on B&W FILM PHOTOGRAPHY.
Mar 10, 2018 17:12:36 #
rmalarz wrote:
This book is suggested so many times on this site. I read a copy of it and found it's full of knob twiddling instructions, but never actually mentions the simple aspect of how exposure is determined.
--Bob
--Bob
I respectfully request that you read it one more time. I've been doing this for 50 years and have several versions of this book, which I have read several times. I often use it as a resource to teach about photography and I recommend this book often as it discusses what you need to know to get to a good exposure and what factors to consider when getting to one. It's a very practical and applicable read!
Mar 10, 2018 17:55:32 #
Bruce Barnbaum's book The Art of Photography covers B&W extensively, but not exclusively. He covers some of the same ground as the Adams trilogy does.
His book is recent (second edition 2015, if memory serves).
Bruce writes very well.
His book is recent (second edition 2015, if memory serves).
Bruce writes very well.
Mar 11, 2018 09:14:39 #
For in-depth technical understanding, try to find a used copy of "Exploring Black and White Photography" by Arnold Gassan and A.J. Meek, ISBN 9780697125231. Try www.bookfinder.com
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Mar 11, 2018 09:31:15 #
wanderingbear
Loc: San Diego
Suggestion. Take the advice mentioned here for some of the various books. Go to Amazon and ask for photo books. I have found almost new to new on many subjects at very reduced prices.
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Mar 11, 2018 09:32:15 #
dmdpeterdmd wrote:
Any suggestions for the above? How to, settings, filters, film etc.
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Mar 11, 2018 10:39:57 #
dmdpeterdmd wrote:
Any suggestions for the above? How to, settings, filters, film etc.
If you can find it, take a look at "The Complete Photographer" by Andreas Feininger, published by Prentice-Hall
Mar 11, 2018 10:41:34 #
srt101fan wrote:
If you can find it, take a look at "The Complete Photographer" by Andreas Feininger, published by Prentice-Hall
I have the 1965 copy.
Along with "Photographic Seeing".
Good books!
(ThriftBooks has them, but I have no idea about the company.)
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Mar 11, 2018 10:54:37 #
srt101fan wrote:
If you can find it, take a look at "The Complete Photographer" by Andreas Feininger, published by Prentice-Hall
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Mar 11, 2018 11:18:39 #
dmdpeterdmd wrote:
Any suggestions for the above? How to, settings, filters, film etc.
No suggestion here about a book. Would rather recommend you search youtube for advice.
Settings. Set ASA according to the film you use, use yellow filter for landscapes with lot of sky in it. Kodak Trimax 400 film is good allaround film to start with. Other settings depending on your preferences, just like in digital photography.
Mar 11, 2018 12:08:44 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
Rich1939 wrote:
Ditto and I'd add to that, the Ansel Adams book "the Print".
How about all FIVE of his books, eh ? I've got all of them sitting here, on my desk:
Vol 1 Camera and Lens,
Vol 2 The Negative,
Vol 3 The Print,
Vol 4 Natural-Light Photography and
Vol 5 Artificial-Light Photography
Mar 11, 2018 12:12:23 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
srt101fan wrote:
If you can find it, take a look at "The Complete Photographer" by Andreas Feininger, published by Prentice-Hall
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0131622145/ref=olp_page_previous?ie=UTF8&f_all=true&f_used=true&f_usedAcceptable=true&f_usedGood=true&f_usedLikeNew=true&f_usedVeryGood=true&qid=1520784588&sr=8-3
or
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0131622226/ref=tmm_pap_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1520784588&sr=8-3
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Mar 11, 2018 12:23:52 #
The Art of Photography be Bruce Barnbaum. Very comprehensive. Converting topics from the artistry of shooting to the intricacies of black and white for shooting, developing and printing. Written by one who had taught at the college level for decades.
Mar 11, 2018 12:35:04 #
Take a photography class. You can ask the instructor questions that books can't answer, They can't talk. Fortunately you can do a lot of fast experimenting with a digital camera you can't do with with a film camera as it would be too expensive & time consuming. You get instant free answers with a digital camera. There is an advertisement inserted here in Ugly Hedgehog that would be very useful. There will be a lifetime training period.
Mar 11, 2018 18:37:47 #
Get all three Ansel Adams books:
The Camera, The Negative, The Print. The only books you’ll ever need!!! Read them all, continuously. ‘Till the pages are tattered, frayed, and coffee stained. When the books wear out, get another set. Follow the same procedure. Happy shooting.
The Camera, The Negative, The Print. The only books you’ll ever need!!! Read them all, continuously. ‘Till the pages are tattered, frayed, and coffee stained. When the books wear out, get another set. Follow the same procedure. Happy shooting.
Mar 11, 2018 21:05:17 #
The Craft of Photography by David Vestal; very thorough and more accessible than Adams' books. I've referenced quite a few books on black & white film photography over the years, and keep coming back to Vestal's; it's a classic.
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