by Course Technology PTR
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| Sales Rank: | 53328 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $20.98 |
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| Label: | Course Technology PTR |
| Pages: | 392 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 2007-05-01 |
| Published By: | Course Technology PTR |
| ASIN: | 1598633759 |
| Category: | Book |
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Product Description
The very nature of black and white photography places a premium on creative interpretation of the image. Advances in digital technology have expanded both the precision of imaging techniques and the interpretive possibilities for black and white imagery. Never before has such a wide array of tools been available to photographers who have a passion for black and white. Mastering Digital Black and White is written for these photographers. It serves not only as a comprehensive guide for creating black and white images and prints, but also examines the role of artistic craft in the imaging process. Learn how to employ your digital tools as extensions of your photographic vision. Read in-depth interviews with, and view images from, five accomplished photographers as they discuss their process and inspirations. Prepare to indulge your passion for gallery-quality black-and-white images in the digital darkroom. Additional supporting content for this book and a discussion forum for photographers and printmakers with a passion for black and white can be accessed at: www.masteringdigitalbwbook.com
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Excellent Book - Comprehensive, and Easy to Follow - Reviewed on 2007-12-21
2 customers found this review helpful.
This book does live up to its title in my opinion. The illustrations are very well organized with the text, moving from simple to more complex.
All digital imaging technologies become altered by sucessive innovations, but this kind of text lays down a foundation for you to proceed into the future. Amadou doesn't give detailed workflows for every ink, media, and printer out there for the simple reason that the rate in which ALL of these inksets, rips, and printers are changing would made such an endeavor impossible, and certainly out of date by the time of publishing. That is the fault of our era not the fault of the author.
I agree with the other poster who stated that Amadou's book is equally useful for many color imaging concepts. In a way it is the foundation for them. For someone venturing into this territory for the first time it lets you know who the players are in monochrome inkjet imaging, and where the technology has been in the recent past, and where the information will be available in the future.
John
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Book Subjects
- Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies
- Black And White Photography
- Photography
- Photo Techniques
- Photography / Techniques / General
- Techniques - General
- Technology & Engineering / General
- Technology & Engineering / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
- Computer Graphics - Image Processing
- Techniques - Digital
- Black-and-white photography
- Digital techniques
- Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing
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