The Film Book: Choosing and Using Color and Black and White Film

by Frances Schultz and Roger Hicks

Book Overview

Are faster films better than slow ones? Is there really much difference between "professional" and "amateur" films? How do you select a film to create the required kind of image? Describing the way in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715304712
• ISBN13: 9780715304716
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

An amateur's understanding expanded

Having bought a second hand SLR last year and shooting nearly 70 films in 8 months in a crazed passion for photography, I decided it was time to understand some of the intricacies of various photography techniques and jargon.This book is a good choice for amateurs wanting to understand the relationship between the right kind of film for the right kind of output. Rogers and Frances use a lot of examples from their photography work and illustrate with their experience what worked or didn't work well for them, what were the thoughts in the mind when they chose a particular kind of film for a particular mood and setting. The book covers a broad array of discussion on 35mm negatives, slides, etc. and gives a lot of helpful tips and tricks for working with different kinds of film (both colour and black & white).I am a total beginner and it has helped me critique my own work in an extremely constructive way. there could be no better recommendation for any book!