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The Darkroom Cookbook

Format: Paperback / softback
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This classic guide from darkroom master Steve Anchell is packed with techniques for silver-based processing.

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This is the classic guide for analog photography enthusiasts interested in high-quality darkroom work. The fourth edition from darkroom master Steve Anchell is packed with techniques for silver-based processing.

In addition to recipes for darkroom experiments, this book contains invaluable information on developers, push-processing, reversal processing, enlarged negatives, pyro formulas, printing, and toning prints. The Darkroom Cookbook also offers advice about where to get darkroom equipment, how to set up a darkroom, safe darkroom working spaces, and more.

Key features of this revised edition include:

  • Over 200 step-by-step or do-it-yourself formulas
  • Tips for mastering the ingredients of analog photography processing, namely the chemicals used to develop, fix, stop, and tone
  • Special technique contributions and stunning black and white imagery by professionals such as Bruce Barnbaum, Tim Rudman, John Sexton, and more.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138959187

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 March 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 4th edition

Illustration: 31 Tables, black and white; 37 Halftones, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 1080g

Pages: 432

About the Author

Steve Anchell has taught digital and darkroom classes at Oregon State University, and has conducted workshops since 1979 at institutions such as the International Center for Photography, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, and UCLA. Steve is a former contributing editor to Outdoor Photographer and Camera & Darkroom, and has written articles for Shutterbug, photo technique, and many other major photography magazines. He is the author of Digital Photo Assignments, The Variable Contrast Printing Manual, and coauthor of The Film Developing Cookbook, published by Focal Press.

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