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The Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography - Book 1 (Ansel Adams's Guide to the Basic Techniques of Photography)
enlarge	Author: John P. Schaefer Publisher: Bulfinch Category: Book List Price: ~~$38.99~~ Buy New: $9.47 You Save: $29.52 (76%) Buy New from $19.98 Avg. Customer Rating: (8 reviews) Sales Rank: 62202 Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Edition: Rev Sub Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 432 Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1 Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.9 ISBN: 0821225758 Dewey Decimal Number: 771 EAN: 9780821225752 ASIN: 0821225758 Publication Date: April 15, 1999 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description Arguably the best book yet written for those wishing to pursue photography seriously, Basic Techniques of Photography, Book 1 has been completely revised and updated in order to keep pace with fast-moving technological advances in the field. The revised edition includes more than fifty new illustrations, offering still greater clarity in presenting Ansel Adams legendary approach to photography. Since its publication in 1992, The Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography, Book 1 has sold more than 100,000 copies and is used in many introductory photography courses. This revised edition offers new information on: -variable-contrast papers -digital cameras and view cameras -the Advance Photo System Book 1 is organized to present the principles of black-and-white and color photography to a broad range of photographersfrom the serious beginner to the advanced amateur. It draws extensively on the philosophy and techniques of Ansel Adams, the best-known writer/teacher of photography of all time, and is profusely illustrated with Adams own work as well as that of other photographers. Adams technical writings were famously difficult to understand. However, in Book 1, John Schaefer skillfully interprets Adams words, theories, and art as a foundation for a more clearly written, understandable, and actively up-to-date guide to creative photography.

Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews... Useful book November 7, 2007 This book (and the second volume accompanying it) adequately covers and explains all aspects related to analogic photography, especially BW photography. Even if little attention is paid to color photography and even less to digital, everything you may learn from the book should be useful for any kind of photography. Excellent book on general photography. November 14, 2006 2 out of 2 found this review helpful I found the Ansel Adams books on "The Print" and "The Negative" a bit on the heavy side, but John Schaefer's book is a superb addition to any aspiring photographer's library. It covers the photographic field very comprehensively and in easily understood English, and without the frills of technical jargon so loved by some authors. Although the book deals with colour photography as well, I would thoroughly recommend this book to any aficionado of black and white photography-- it is, without doubt one of the best books on photography I have in my library! *whew* September 2, 2003 21 out of 21 found this review helpful This book has everything, and then some. It will take you from not knowing anything to being a quasi-expert in a fairly short amount of time. That said, it is pretty dry. Very textbookish in form, the book is difficult to read straight through. This is made more palatable by the extreme depth that the book goes into for each topic that it discusses. Starting with the differences in photo gear, the author leads the reader through selecting a first camera to selecting a lens to selecting a film and finally the development of the negative and print. The book is exhausting in its depth and breadth. Much time was spent on Adams' Zone system and its usefulness in taking beautiful photographs. This focus throughout the book really drove home the importance of exposure. The pictures used in the book are fantastic and the personal accounts of some photos by Adams himself are very interesting. The only thing that I felt was skimped on was the process of selecting a shot. Adams was a large-format photographer so he wasn't able to make the hundreds of shots of a scene that a 35mm photographer could make, so it was important for him to select his shots carefully. More text space devoted to Adams' method or instinct for finding shots would have been the final piece of information that would have made this a complete guide to photography. It wasn't easy reading, but I learned a lot and was able to immediately use the information in the book to improve my own photography. Good book - too text bookish! April 19, 2002 6 out of 14 found this review helpful This is indeed a great book. It talks a lot about the basic photographic techniques and is a good read for a beginner. However, most of the book is limited to black and white photography. The book is also a bit out dated. Overall a good book for a serious beginner. It will help a person get accostomed to both the scientific and the creative aspects of photography. Practical Introduction to Black and White Photography December 13, 2001 20 out of 20 found this review helpful The majority of the text concentrates it's efforts in educating the reader in the art of B&W photography. Color photography is briefly touched on at the book's end. The first half of the book deals with various camera systems, accessories, film choices, photograph visualization and film exposure. All of these topics are covered exceptionally well. The second half deals with the developing and printing process. If the prospective reader will not be involved in the developing and printing process then the Ansel Adams Book 1, "The Camera", and Book 2, "The Negative", may be better choices. However to receive the maximum benefit from the art of B&W photography one must eventually delve into the darkroom. The book details those processes equally well.

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