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The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 2) | 
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| Author: Ansel Adams
Creator: Robert Baker
Publisher: Bulfinch
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 22348
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0821221868
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780821221860
ASIN: 0821221868
Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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Condition: light wear; no writing or highlighting
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Product Description
The Negativeis the second volume in the acclaimed and highly influential The Ansel Adams Photography Series.This second volume is anchored by a detailed discussion of Adams' Zone System and his seminal concept of visualization. It presents detailed discussion ofartificial and natural light, film and exposure, and darkroom equipment and techniques. Numerous examples of Adams' work clarify the principles discussed. Handsomely illustrated with photographs by Adams as well as instructive line drawings, this classic manual can dramatically improve your photography.
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Excellent information July 14, 2007
I am new to large format photography. This book is extremly informative and focuses just on negative construction, manipulation and b&w processing. An excellent and timeless resource! Excellent for all formats!
A Must!!! July 9, 2007
If film shooting is interesting to you (and you should; I'm 26 and grew up with cameras, then I move to digital, and recentlly, I discovered the wonders of a darkroom and BW prints) then this book is a MUST Well, the whole series)!!! there aren't enough words to emphasize my feelings over the 3 books of Ansel Adams (camera, negative & print)
If you don't believe me, then please take a deep look at Ansel's master BW work... that should convince you!!!
 learn the zone system May 30, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ansel Adams was a master of photography but not the most exciting storyteller , in my opinion.
This book is one that you should read as part of a complete education in photography, but there are some long sections in it. The parts of the book explaining Adams' zone system are very worthwhile and great stuff. Much of the rest of the book is only interesting if you are shooting film (not digital), as it deals specifically with darkroom processing.
Read about the zone system here or somewhere else, but learn it. If you are a film photog, read this whole book. For digital shooters, you might want to read only the sections of interest.
a great classic, one little remark for the publisher. April 24, 2007
This is an excellent book that will help experienced and newcomers in photography. Pay attention to the Zone system that Adams has devised. It will realy help you take total control over your pictures with a helpfull and very creative perspective. The last part of the book (developing negatives) might be ommited by the person who is into digital, although it helped me comprehend a lot about the various Adobe Photoshop features and relate them to classic photography.
One little remark I have to make is for the publisher. The book is printed into gloss paper (all the three books in the series) with a high reflectance index. This results in dificulty reading the book at certain angles.
Outstanding companion to The Camera January 31, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A must read. The explanation of the zone system is outstanding. I had taken a number of skyline photographs of Austin which when reviewed by professional photographers got 2 thumbs up. After looking at them with a critical eye on exposure and armed with my new understanding of the zone - I retook those same pictures and WOW. What an amazing ability to move your camera off of matrixed metering and know how to really set the exposure for what you want to show. Also helps you understand the tradeoffs the camera is making in it's exposure settings so you can be more purposeful in changes you might make. A critical read if you also intend to ever move into large format photography.
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