Photo Techniques Magazine stated: "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 edition:
- almost double the content
- a 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 impact
- a new section on presentation including hands-on mounting, matting, spotting, and framing
- image capture has a more in-depth focus, now covering pinhole photography and digital capture
- now includes making and printing with digital negatives
- a new section discussing the pros and cons of typical image-taking and image-making equipment
- plus new do-it-yourself projects, including many darkroom tools and an electronic shutter tester
- a useful collection of templates, to copy, cut-out and take with you in your camera bag or use in the darkroom
- an appendix with all the recipes to make your own darkroom chemicals from scratch
- all illustrations improved and updated
- improved index with 1,400 references
Table of Contents:
Part 1 The Basics
From Visualization to Print
Eye and Brain
Pictorial Maturity
Photographic Quality
Fundamental Print Control
Timing Print Exposures
Paper and Print Contrast
Basics of Photographic Printing
Archival Print Processing
Presentation is Everything
Mounting and Matting Prints
Print Spotting
Framing and Displaying Prints
What Size is the Edition?
Part 2 The Science
Tone Reproduction
Introduction to the Zone System
Introduction to Sensitometry
Tone Reproduction
Image Gradation
Image Capture
Imaging Paths
Sharpness and Depth of Field
Critical Focusing
Pinhole Photography
Basics of Digital Capture
Digital Capture Alternatives
Negative Control
Introduction to Exposure
Development and Film Processing
Advanced Development
Creating a Standard
Customizing Film Speed and Development
Influence of Exposure and Development
Exposure Latitude
Pre-Exposure
Applied Zone Systems
C41 Zone System
Quality Control
Unsharp Masking
Masking for Complete Control
Digital Negatives for Contact Printing
The Copy-Print Process
Advanced Print Control
Fine-Tuning Print Exposure & Contrast
Measuring Paper Contrast
Contrast Control with Color Enlargers
Exposure Compensation for Contrast Change
Basic Split-Grade Printing
Advanced Split-Grade Printing
Print Flashing
Paper Reciprocity Failure
Miscellaneous Material Characteristics
Factorial Development
Print Bleaching
Print Dry-Down
On Assignment
Above Malham Cove
Cedar Falls
Clapham Bridge
Corkscrews
Portrait Studio Lighting
Ingatestone Hall
Heybridge
Karen
Light-Painted Flowers
Metalica
Alternative Processes
MonoLog
Parnham Doorway
Large-Format Nudes
Rape Field
St. Mary's of Buttsbury
Stonehenge
Summer Storm
Toothpaste Factory
Part 3 Odds and Ends
Equipment and Facilities
Image-Taking Equipment
Darkroom Design
How Safe is Your Safelight?
Enlarger Light Sources
Sharpness in the Darkroom
Other Darkroom Equipment
Tool, Tips and Tricks
Identification System for Film Holders
Hhow to Build andUse the Zone Ruler
How to Build and Use a Zone Dial
Make Your Own Shutter Tester
Make Your Own Test Strip Printer
Make Your Own Burning Card
Exposure, Development and Printing Records
Making Prints from Paper Negatives
Appendix
Technical Fundamentals
Make Your Own Transfer Function
Basic Chemical Recipes
Tables and Templates
Glossary
Bibliography
