I have just started to develop and print my own black and white films and photos and found this web site just by chance, I read somewhere someone refering to a darkroom bible book but can't find the authors name? also any other good books I should read?

-- Louise Garcia (westyorkshiregal@cs.com), January 31, 2001

Answers

_Basic Photography_ and _Beyond Basic Photography_, both by Henry Horenstein, are excellent.

-- John Hicks (jbh@magicnet.net), January 31, 2001.

I totally agree with John.

I think other than the books mentioned above, it depends on where your interests take you. There are, of course, zillions of good books.

chris

-- Christian Harkness (chris.harkness@eudoramail.com), January 31, 2001.

They might have been referring to Steve Anchell's DARKROOM COOKBOOK.

-- Ed Buffaloe (edb@unblinkingeye.com), January 31, 2001.

The only book I would consider a "bible" for photography is the Photo Lab Index published by Morgan & Morgan.

It's 1500 pages, offers updates by subscription, and costs $125 US.

It's probably not a good place to start. Too much info in the beginning.

See: http://www.morganmorgan.com/html/cat10.html

-- Charlie Strack (charlie_strack@sti.com), January 31, 2001.

Louise, I can suggest two to start: 1-The Photographer's Master Printing Course, by Tim Rudman and 2-Basic Photographic Materials and Processes, by Stroebel, Zakya, etc. The first will take you from the beginning as far as you can get and the later will give you enough information on photography for some years of travel. Good luck. Cesar Barreto

-- Cesar Barreto (cesarb@infolink.com.br), January 31, 2001.

Thanks,I can't wait to start reading!!!

-- Louise Garcia (westyorkshiregal@cs.com), February 04, 2001.