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Summary: Black and White photography
Review: A basic book for the beginner. Not recommended for someone who has developed the skills of B&W photography.
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Summary: Vastly underrated, excellent book
Review: A few years ago I did a 1:1 study with a retired fashion photographer who recommended this book. Even though I have been working in b/w for over 30 years I find the book useful. Nice to have all the basic info in one place and this book does that!! As to a lack of "artistic suggestions" in the book...well I have a huge library of texts that were purchased to help me learn the "art" of photogaphy. My retired friend taught me a valuable lesson, learn the technical from a book then shoot, shoot, shoot!! That's about the only way you will learn the "art" of it. I've been asked to teach an intro to b/w photography this summer and this will be the textbook for it.
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Summary: Vastly underrated, excellent book
Review: A few years ago I did a 1:1 study with a retired fashion photographer who recommended this book. Even though I have been working in b/w for over 30 years I find the book useful. Nice to have all the basic info in one place and this book does that!! As to a lack of "artistic suggestions" in the book...well I have a huge library of texts that were purchased to help me learn the "art" of photogaphy. My retired friend taught me a valuable lesson, learn the technical from a book then shoot, shoot, shoot!! That's about the only way you will learn the "art" of it. I've been asked to teach an intro to b/w photography this summer and this will be the textbook for it.
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Summary: An Excellent Introduction to Black and White Techniques
Review: Even though the photography world seems to be going completely digital, film will probably not die out any time too soon, and the last to die will more than likely be black and white film. There will still be hard core enthusiasts who will enjoy the medium of black and white film and know that nothing compares with the excitement of developing one's own photographs. For those who wish to learn this art form, Henry Horenstein's BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY; A BASIC MANUAL is an excellent resource. This book is sued by many instructors as a textbook. It contains excellent information about the basics of photography including camera, lens, shutter and exposure and the developing process. Throughout the book there are many compositional techniques as well as the use of filters to enhance photographs. Though this is a manual for black and white photographers, those interested in color photography will find the boo helpful since understanding eth techniques involved in black and white photography help detect important nuances in color photography that can truly enhance a photograph.
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Summary: How to master the tools of B&W photography
Review: For 10 semesters I've taught a subject involving imaging and science. In their lab sessions, my students have to learn how to take, develop, and print B&W images. We use Horenstein each term as the recommended text. I can look at a print a tell if that student has worked with Horenstein - those who use this text produce much, much better prints than those who rely only upon what we teach in our lab sessions. Why? Because half of the art of great images lies in the darkroom, not the camera. (Or, for digital media, half of the art lies in Photoshop and not in the camera. The other half may lie in the printer.) To produce excellent images, you need to start with the basics (as laid out by Horenstein), and then spend lots of time in the darkroom learning these skills by using them. Once you know how the tools of the darkroom can transform a mediocre negative into a handsome print, you will be ready to learn how to capture excellent images on the negative and transform them into heart-stopping prints. Look through the table of contents - if you already know this things, then move on. If they strike you as things you really should know, give Horenstein a chance!
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Summary: Great book, although looks dated.
Review: Great book, really lets you know what to do developing film and how to expose B+W film.
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Summary: Everything you need to know to get started is here
Review: Henry Hornstein wrote this book a while back. It is used in every basic photo classroom I've seen from high school to college. It is clear and concise. It is what is says it is: a basic manual. If you are just getting into photography, this book is for you. This book is not intimidating or unclear, the illustrations really help explain the text. One million photo students can't be wrong, order today. Actually, this book isn't going anywhere, so if you're busy, order tomorrow.
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Summary: Good general reference
Review: Hits most possible topics of interest, but refrains from going into enough detail about side issues such as: How to do various forms of mounting prints and matting (only skirts dry mounting); print toning, such as Sepia and Selenium techniques; leaves out hand coloring entirely. Excellent job of describing the "art" aspects of black and white photography, lots of visual examples.
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Summary: Simple yet cool.
Review: How to attain a picture perfect photography is what you'll find inside this book by Henry Horenstein. You can get essential guidelines from the the right aperture to the correct lenses, from the right kind of light to the matching shutter speed. All of these will help make your black and white pictures turned out simply the best. It also tells you how to make your black and white pictures turn into a colorful image in the eyes of the viewer. It will definitely change the way you look at black and white pictures. Black and white will never be the same again.
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Summary: Very basic, with no real focus on B&W photography
Review: I bought this book in the hope that it would teach me something about Black and White photography. Unfortunately, I found the book to be extremely basic and more of an introduction to general photography than specifically about B&W. In addition, it was extremely dated, containing little information for a new SLR user. If you want a simple introduction into photography in general, I would recommend checking out books by Lee Frost - "The A-Z of Creative Photography" and "The complete guide to night and low-light photography". I would appreciate any suggestions for good B&W photography books.
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