Alchemist's Guide; to Black & White Photo Chemistry: Principles and Procedures for Negatve & Print Development

By Grant M. Handgis

This book is a photographer's guide, a manual for practices and procedures for the craft of black and white photography. The material covers all the aspects of understanding and controlling the negative, from pre-visualization through developing.This book includes a full explanation of the negative, the underlying process of development, procedures for controlling the negative, b&w photo chemistry principles and explanations of chemical elements, practical formulas for today's films and prints, and a final section with equivalents, weights & measures, with a full list of formulas & fixers for easy access in the lab.Black and white photography is a malleable process, allowing every photographer to use the principles, and wide array of options in b&w processing, to realize pre-visualized expressions of their photographs. This process begins before the shutter is released, and is only concluded after the finished print is drying.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692453474
• ISBN13: 9780692453476
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Brother Coyote Publications
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"