Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13156 in Books
• Published on: 1995-07-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Synopsis
The early chapters are devoted to a discussi on of light, film and exposure. What follows is a detailed d iscussion of the zone system, chapters on natural and artifi cial light and at the end is an extensive chapter on the dar kroom and its equipment. '

Customer Reviews

tedious but essential reading
The author picks his words very carefully and does not waste any; there is no light relief whatsoever. Still, if you want to learn a hell of a lot about photography, you just have to sit down, read the book slowly and carefully, listen to what's being said, and reap the enormous benefits of sharing the experience of a master. It's hard work, but unmissable.

An incredible book
If you want to creat true masterpieces, regardless of whether you shoot large format, medium format, 35mm or digital, the method explained (and developed infact) by Adams in this book is essential.
Some people have accused this (and the two sister books) as being out of date. This is misleading because the main thrust of the whole trilogy (but especially The Negative) is the concept of visualisation of the final print and the techniques can be carried over into all formats and are analagous. The Negative concentrates on the importance of visualising the desired end result at the time of exposure. This is so important, whether you shoot film or digitlly. You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear. You have to start with the best exposure you can possibly achieve.
I would highly recommend any aspiring (and experienced!) photographers to study this book, it certainly helped me an enourmous amount.

A book to have, to consult and to keep..
Everything has been said about this book and I agree completely. By it, read it and re-read it and be sure not to give it away. Keep it for the years to come!