Roger Hicks, Frances Schultz
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Quality in Photography: a guide for excellent results 4 out of 5 stars.
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Do you suspect there are photographic 'best practices' out there that would enable you to make your finished photographs better? Would you like 2 very accomplished and successful photographers to help mentor you through the trial and error as you fine tune your own procedures. If so, then "Quality in Photography" by Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz is for you. It provides a structured path towards achieving overall excellent results. It examines each node in the process of making a picture, where your choices either improve or degrade the quality of the finished print, providing background information to enable informed decisions. This linear approach ensures continuous improvement with confidence, and minimizes backtracking. The authors are unafraid to go out on a limb and discuss their own personal preferences, providing plenty of examples of their own work -- successes as well as learning experiences! Though compact and concise, its scope includes key criteria on camera gear, film and paper selection, choosing darkroom chemicals, whether to do-it-yourself or use commercial labs, print mounting, composition, and much more. Generous, up to date references are provided on detailed advanced techniques which are interesting, but outside the scope of this volume. The author's methodology is reasonable and efficient, and lays groundwork for readers to build upon, although some sections would have benefitted from additional detail from the authors experiences.
For photographic technical artisans the process of trial and error may be an end in itself, and many advanced photographers have already settled on procedures which meet their demands. For the rest of us...I strongly recommend reading "Quality in Photography."
Editorial Review:
Photographers looking to put the stamp of excellence on their work will find just the help they need in this excellent, comprehensive instructional book that shows through clear, practical, jargon-free text and outstanding and varied photography how a combination of technical skill, art, theory, and practice can produce quality pictures. The book covers all film formats, plus digital imaging, taking readers through every phase of the photographic process, explaining how each step contributes to the quality of the final image. Topics range from lenses, film, and shooting to film processing, the darkroom, silver gelatin printing, and advanced printing.
