Darkroom dynamics : a guide to creative darkroom techniques / Jim Stone, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stone, Jim, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Printing processes.

Photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This popular book presents creative darkroom techniques in a step-by-step format. It includes multiple printing, montage, toning, reticulation, infrared film, high contrast, combination coloring, dye transfer, liquid emulsions, Sabattier, and much more. Darkroom Dynamics has the information and photographs to expand the the reader's awareness of the sophisticated images which are possible in photography today. Darkroom Dynamics has been written to be easily comprehensible to the novice photographer attempting experimental photography for the first time. It serves not only as a forum for the serious display of experimental and manipulated photographs but also as a comprehensive source on how to make these images.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Sabattier Effect; The Nature of the Sabattier Effect; How to Produce a Sabattier Effect; The Test Strip Procedure; Methods of Control During Exposure; Methods of Control in Processing; Tone Control With Bleach; Bas Relief and Troubleshooting; Black-and-White Infrared Film; Using the Film; Using Filters; Controlling the Film; Processing the Film; Infrared Flash; Using 70mm Infrared Film; Photograms; Light Sources; Photogram Materials; Making the Photogram; Abstraction vs. Representatio nalism; Split-Toning

Split-Toning Controlling the Split; Polaroid Peel-Apart Film; Instant Photography; The Transfer; The Rollers; Gilding; Multiple Printing; Blending in the Camera; Sandwiching Negatives; Setting up an Enlarger Blend; Printing the Blend; Complex Printing; Enlarged Photograms; The Process; The Materials; Negative Making; Making Negatives Permanent; Polaroid SX-70; Manipulating the Reagent; Altering the Surface; Transparency Making; Hand Coloring; The Materials; Making an Enameled Print; Alternative Methods; Toning; Print Color With Toning; Toner Chart; Preparing Your Prints; Toning Your Prints

Finishing UpHigh Contrast; How to Make a High-Contrast Print; Making a Film Positive and Negative; Selecting a Working Film Size; Basic Darkroom Controls; Retouching Litho Film; Photomontage; Photomontage Examples; Masking; Tone Separation and Tone-Line; Screens and Backgrounds; Other Applications; Combining Techniques; Considerations When Photographing; Development for Detail; Simplicity vs. Detail; Liquid Emulsion; Liquid Light; Preparing the Piece; Applying the Emulsion; Processing; Finishing; Reticulation; What Is Reticulation?; Simple Reticulation; Radical Reticulation; Veiling

Differential ReticulationPhotomontage; Setting Up; Assembling the Montage; Mounting and Copying; Gallery; Combination Coloring; Setting Up; Coloring the Print; Dye Transfer; Setting Up; The Wash-Off Relief Process; Dyeing the Matrix; Printing the Matrix; Formulas; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

First published 1979 by Focal Press.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780080503592

0080503594

9781136095580

1136095586

9781136095573

1136095578

OCLC:

958104190