[(Way Beyond Monochrome: Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black & White Photography Including Digital Negatives and Hybrid Printing )] [Author: Ralph W. Lambrecht] [Sep-2010]

by Ralph W. Lambrecht

Photo Techniques Magazine "All our readers need to know about this very useful book." Indeed, there is no other compendium that is as in-depth as this for the beauty and magic of fine-art black-and-white photography. With 560 pages and over 1,000 illustrations, Way Beyond Monochrome starts with conceptual lessons of composition and takes you through image capture, exposure, controlling tonality, variable-contrast paper, archival printing, mounting, framing and presentation with simple concepts to an advanced level. This new edition has been completely revised and heavily expanded, adding over 250 pages to the original edition with new chapters on print mounting, spotting, framing, digital negatives, utilizing digital technologies for alternative processes, and fabulous do-it-yourself projects. Overall, the authors have created a thoroughly researched, technologically sound yet aesthetically pleasing, inspirational bible for monochrome photography.New to this double the contenta new section discussing the path from visualization to print, illustrating the interaction between eye and brain, explaining the rules of composition and when to break them to produce photographs with impacta new section on presentation including hands-on mounting, matting, spotting, and framingimage capture has a more in-depth focus, now covering pinhole photography and digital capturenow includes making and printing with digital negativesa new section discussing the pros and cons of typical image-taking and image-making equipmentplus new do-it-yourself projects, including many darkroom tools and an electronic shutter testera useful collection of templates, to copy, cut-out and take with you in your camera bag or use in the darkrooman appendix with all the recipes to make your own darkroom chemicals from scratchall illustrations improved and updatedimproved index with 1,400 references Detailed explanations and lessons of everything monochrome relatedInspirational black and white photos packed into the book for visual inspirationTons of full-color illustrations and graphs to demonstrate visually to a visual audienceNow with a new glossary for quick reference

Genres: Photography

Unknown Binding

First published September 24, 2010

Reviews

[Sam Ley · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you have any interest in photography (not just black and white film photography) then you owe it to yourself to read Way Beyond Monochrome. It is a technical manual for how to manipulate black and white film and paper, but reading between the lines, it is a manual on how to shape the world to match your imagination, using all the tools at hand. And truly there is no greater pleasure in this life than to see your vision made real.

[Blog on Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

From Focal Press comes “Way Beyond Monochrome: Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black and White Photography” (second edition) by Ralph Lambrecht and Chris Woodhouse. Despite the now well developed digital (r)evolution, the authors wholeheartedly still believe in the power, range and versatility of analog (film) photography and traditional silver-gelatin printmaking, particularly in its use in art and documentary photography. The authors have created a heavy-weight book that explores and informs in extensive detail the techniques and benefits of monochrome photography and how to expand both the limits and the quality of final prints in ways that are informed by everything from image quality to hybrid printing to working with digital negatives and everything else that plays a role in the final result. This 542 page volume is ideally suited to those looking for careers in either art or portrait photography and provides an impressive array of extensive information on every aspect of the field.