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Summary: Reviews for The Photographer's Master Printing
Review: "...this is a book that all black and white enthusiasts should have and use as a constant source of reference and inspiration." Photo Club News"This comprehensive work...is where to find as much information as you could hope to assimulate and indeed practice... Buy this book, aborb as much of it as you can, and you'll be a better printer..." Darkroom User "...the book is extremely well illustrated with fine photographs, many of them successful award-winning exhibition pictures...A must for all darkroom book shelves." Creative News "Tim Rudman's descriptions ...should allow anyone with at least a basic knowledge of printing to improve their quality (and output) quickly." The Photographic Society "...few books on darkroom work have included either as much innovative thought or sensible practice and down-to-earth techniques as this one. Fewer still have been as succinct while comprehensively covering a huge range of p! rinting tips. None has done both as this book does. Buy it!" Photo Technique
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Summary: Superb
Review: A beautiful book. I have applied a few of his techniques already, and hope to use the rest in the near future. The author also seems to read postings on rec.photo.darkroom and responds to them.
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Summary: Mis mas calurosas felicitaciones al Autor.
Review: Actualmente poseo una versión en español de este libro y realmente me siento muy contento de que los latinos podamos poseer un libro sobre la fotografía en blanco y negro de la calidad que ha escrito TIN RUDMAN. Como bien dice él mismo en su comentario, este libro nos presenta sin complicaciones los aspectos mas importantes de las técnicas avanzadas de positivado en blanco y negro. Particularmente me han sido de gran utilidad las vastas explicaciónes sobre los "test" a papeles y quimicos, los viradores, blanqueadores, asi como la tecnica del PREVELO, por mí desconocida hasta ahora. Mis mas sinceras congratulaciones al autor, deseando nos permita contar en el futuro con nuevos títulos en español sobre aspectos esenciales e importantes de la fotografía artística.
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Summary: Raymond's rating
Review: For the novice, this book could be a little bit too much advanced. For the seasonal (but serious) dark room user, plentiful advices are available, yet the author seems to be in a hurry to go to some points that do not add up in creativity. Well written, I would quote that book as a seasonal reference. The technical side is usefull.
I would believe that the author has a very good knowledge for handling toning procedures. Yet, it's useless to try to give a better rendition by toning an inappropriately printed image.Should it be rewritten, the goal should be to give more details on toning, and suggests that it is for advanced photo printers.
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Summary: Raymond's rating
Review: For the novice, this book could be a little bit too much advanced. For the seasonal (but serious) dark room user, plentiful advices are available, yet the author seems to be in a hurry to go to some points that do not add up in creativity. Well written, I would quote that book as a seasonal reference. The technical side is usefull.
I would believe that the author has a very good knowledge for handling toning procedures. Yet, it's useless to try to give a better rendition by toning an inappropriately printed image.Should it be rewritten, the goal should be to give more details on toning, and suggests that it is for advanced photo printers.
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Summary: One of best darkroom books I've read. Essential.
Review: Gained many new skills based on very detailed and very practical descriptions of methods. An essential tool for beginning and advanced darkroom workers.
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Summary: Excellent! Very Comprehensive and easy to understand
Review: I am an amature photographer who wanted to get into printing my photos. This book was the foundation of my learning. It was very comprehensive and easy to understand. I found that it was technical enough to make you understand the principles, yet pragmatic enough to use immediatly. Mr. Rudman has done a great service to the photographic community.
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Summary: Example or really good book on advance printing
Review: I am quite new to Black and White printing (that is I do my own printing but I am not professional). I am amazed by the wealth of information given in this book on toning, bleaching, multiple printing and so on. Furthermore you could really see what author mean by showing photographs before and after using some bleaching toning or other technics. And photographs by itself don't feel to be unnatural, in a sense, that most of them show some grain in much or less degree depending on used techinics. Of course, some photographers who like gradual soft sort of photography may not like Rudman's harsh contrasty style of depicting nature, but who cares, it's his artistic expression. He could really explain how he got one or another effect. By the way, if at the end you don't like this book you may leave it for the simple fact of its attractiveness. It could serve you as nice coffee table book, quality is superb. Excellent book.
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Summary: Example or really good book on advance printing
Review: I am quite new to Black and White printing (that is I do my own printing but I am not professional). I am amazed by the wealth of information given in this book on toning, bleaching, multiple printing and so on. Furthermore you could really see what author mean by showing photographs before and after using some bleaching toning or other technics. And photographs by itself don't feel to be unnatural, in a sense, that most of them show some grain in much or less degree depending on used techinics. Of course, some photographers who like gradual soft sort of photography may not like Rudman's harsh contrasty style of depicting nature, but who cares, it's his artistic expression. He could really explain how he got one or another effect. By the way, if at the end you don't like this book you may leave it for the simple fact of its attractiveness. It could serve you as nice coffee table book, quality is superb. Excellent book.
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Summary: Photographs reflects a personal taste
Review: I don't agree with one of the reviewers of this book about the quality of photographs being included. Off course this is a personal taste, hence no discussion about that. However they illustrate the idea quite well, which is the most important thing. I find this book as an excellent reference book. It is full of knowledge and experience.
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