Darkroom Book?

[wardcbm]

I was wondering whether anyone might be able to recommend a book that would serve as a good introduction to the darkroom... My sister has a simple Jessops darkroom set up at home which I have access to, but I am really a beginner in this area!

Thanks,
Charlie

 

[terri]

I've never read a single one. I took a beginner's darkroom course and just continue to practice, and I still consider myself a beginner! I will betcha Ksmattfish will be along to recommend the Ansel Adams trilogy: The Camera, The Negative, and The Print. He swears by them! He can tell you more.

 

[ferny]

Take a look around eBay in the photography books sections (there's three floating about I think) and do a search for "enlarging". You normally see some books on the cheap. I got three for around £3 I think. They were cheap so I grabed them...

 

[ksmattfish]

I do like Ansel's books, but the first books I'd recommend are Henry Horenstein's Black and White Photography, and Beyond Basic Photography.

 

[Jeff Canes]

The better darkroom books are written in braille.

 

[matchframe]

The best book to have in the darkroom is the Kodak Black & White Data Book!

Really helps when deciding which chemicles, and papers to use. Also has charts of temps and times for each step of the process.

 

[luis.martins]

Get Tim Rudman's - The photographer's master printing course, it's one of the best darkroom books I've ever read.