Author: Eddie Ephraums
Publisher: Amphoto Books
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

7 reviews
Sales Rank: 259934

Media: Paperback
Pages: 105
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.4

ISBN: 0817439250
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780817439255
ASIN: 0817439250

Publication Date: March 1996
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Condition: A used copy. Pages worn with stains. Cover worn with stains. Edges and corners slightly worn. Binding solid and tight.

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5 out of 5 stars

Answers MANY Questions ... September 8, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is invaluable to anyone struggleing to make prints like the master printmakers. Picture by picture analysis of negatives, lighting, exposure and split filtering to make it all work. While I do not take the kind of pictures used as examples, there is something in each one that is applicable to a very broad range of photographs. Thanks Eddie!

1 out of 5 stars

Not broad enough in scope... March 10, 2002
Joel Edmondson (Jefferson, GA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I was disappointed in this book because I had expected useful information and techniques. The photographs chosen do not seem to convey much and the "technical" explanations of the manipulations involved to utilize the characteristics of variable contrast papers do not (for me) illuminate the process at all! In fairness to the author my dissatisfaction may well stem from the fact that I quite simply do not relate to his photographic style and fail to see anything here worthy of emulation.

3 out of 5 stars

Not what I expected October 29, 2001
A. Hoy (Rosedale, MD United States)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

I was looking for a good book for learning how to use split printing on variable contrast papers and any other useful sort of tips...P>Mostly this is a book about how this individual person used techniques to create certain prints that he fancies very good. Frankly, I'm not very impressed with most of them, and in fact I think the color slides -- that are shown to illustrate the scene "as it was" in comparison to the b&w negatives he took -- are often better than the resultant b&w print. Moreover he uses color toning as a crutch to prop up his inherently weak photographs; I have nothing against toning, and in fact I think a couple of the prints in here are quite good and helped by the toning, but if the print can't stand on its own, blurring it for "artistic effect" and toning doesn't really help that much.

While he discusses the methods used to create each print, he does not discuss them very fully, and he doesn't usually say how he came to choose those methods to get the "best print" he could. There is some how-to info in the back but it's not very comprehensive.

If I had known this was how the book was before, I would not have bought it. There is simply far too much white space and not enough useful information for someone wishing to learn the techniques to improve their own prints.

3 out of 5 stars Tips from a master printer March 6, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Dodging, toning and related topics for the advanced printer. Skips basic lessons on the orginal print process and delves right into advaced techniques; superb in this regard. Split contrast printing delt with in detail. If you wish to use VC papers this book would be a good investment, as he teaches a printer some really crafty tricks in this area (such as using a #1 filter to burn-in clouds while using a #3 or 4 filter for the rest of the exposure). Great for fine art printers everywhere.

2 out of 5 stars Detailed but disappointing book on use of VC papers w/B&W December 16, 1999
12 out of 18 found this review helpful

I am an avid B&W photographer who does all my own darkroom work. i have many books on the science/art of B&W and use VC papers (FB and RC) exclusively. I looked forward to reading Eddie Ephraum's treatment of this with great anticipation. Yet I was, overall, disappointed. Frankly I am not impressed by his work anyway which I am sure contributed to my feelings in this regard. This book is useful if you are an avid toner and want another perspective on the issue, but overall my two star rating is generous!