advanced darkroom techniques book

I very good in film dev and I can also make good positive from negative but I want to know some "secrets", advanced techniques to improve my skills.
 
There aren't really any 'secrets'. It's mostly practice. Once you know about exposure; developing to the right contrast; paper grades; dodging and burning; and pre-flashing, you've got most of it covered.

You might care to take a look at my site for ideas on some of these.

Cheers,

R.
 
I can recommend:
Tim Rudman - the master printing course
John Garrett "The Art of black and white photography"
Lambrecht / Woodhouse "Way beyond monochrome"
 
Roger Hicks said:
There aren't really any 'secrets'. It's mostly practice. Once you know about exposure; developing to the right contrast; paper grades; dodging and burning; and pre-flashing, you've got most of it covered.

You might care to take a look at my site for ideas on some of these.

Cheers,

R.
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Indeed. Moreover, only with practice you will learn how different combinations of materials behave. The differences can go from subtle
to obvious easily.
 
greyelm said:
I have a book from 1978 called Darkroom 2 edited by Jain Kelly, Lustrum Press. It's not a definitive darkroom book but shows the work of 10 photographers and describes how they achieved the final picture, it includes step by step instructions.


http://www.abebooks.com/Darkroom-2-Kelly-Jain-editor-Judy/936863778/bd
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Those Lustrum Darkroom books are very good; vol 1 is excellent.
I also like a couple of David Vestal books from the 70s or 80s, can't recall the exact titles - something like The Craft of B&W Photography.
There are also a couple of good Fred Picker books on Zone System and The Fine Print. You should be able to buy any of them for a few dollars on abe.
 
I found Eddie Ephraums' book, Creative Elements: Darkroom Techniques for Landscape Photography to be highly inspiring. You might too.
 
'The Edge of Darkness' is a whole package book by Thornton, it may not be what want but has some good tips. It is also cheap on Amazon.
 
I'm no darkroom printer, but found Les McLean's Creative B&W photography, and John Blakemore's B&W Photography Workshop, good books to educate myself, when I was contemplating it.
 
I was just wondering about buying the darkroom cookbook today. Has anyone an opinion about this book?
 
pdh said:
"The Darkroom Cookbook" is more a recipe book of developers than a darkroom techniques book isn't it?
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Yes. It's very interesting if you compound your own processing solutions but if you REALLY want to understand the chemistry, buy Haist or Glafkides.

Cheers,

R.
 
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