The Ansel Adams Guide

by Schaefer, John P.

• ISBN13: 9780821219560
• ISBN10: 0821219561
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Bulfinch Pr

Summary

The continuation volume to the highly successful Basic Techniques of Photography: Book One, this profusely illustrated manual offers a contemporary guide to Ansel Adams' brilliant approach to creative photography.Expanding on the fundamental principles of photography presented in Book One, this volume enables the committed amateur or student photographer to advance to higher levels of creative expression. Book Two offers essential chapters on exposure and development, including what is perhaps the clearest, most effective explanation of Ansel Adams' remarkable Zone System ever written.Dr. Schaefer goes on to explain and demonstrate the most important approaches to printmaking for those interested in darkroom and digital work, including such alternative printing processes as cyanotypes, salt printing, platinum/palladium printing, and gum printing. The theory and practice of color photography and printing are explained, and a thorough introduction to digital imaging is featured--all illustrated by numerous examples of work by Ansel Adams and many other photographers. Basic Techniques of Photography:Book Two is a "must-have" for anyone who wants to improve their skills as an image-maker.

Author Biography

John P. Schaefer is the author of An Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography (L,B, 1992), which is now in its sixth printing with over 70,000 copies sold to date, and an annual sale of over 7,000 copies. In 1975, as president of the University of Arizona, Schaefer was instrumental in founding the Center for Creative Photography, which houses the archives of Ansel Adams. Schaefer is the president of Research Corporation and a trustee of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.