Digital BW, The Print

Thanks everyone who has responded to my question. 
Some of the links suggested were really good.   I wish
I could attend a workshop, as suggested by someone,
but its is too pricey for me....instead I will try to
learn on my own.  Thanks again for helping me out.

RM
--- Sam McCandless <samcc@...> wrote:

> On Jul 26, 2007, at 6:54 PM, RITAYAN MITRA wrote:
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> >    First of all I am amazed how informative and
> > helpful this group and its member are.  One other
> > thing is all of the members look like high up on
> the
> > learning curve while I am low down....so I have
> > reservations asking such broad and trivial
> questions
> > but any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Don't hesitate, Rit, to ask any questions about B&W
> printing; the  
> subscribers to this list are very welcoming and
> helpful.
> 
> 
> > My background
> >
> > I am a graduate student (read: limited resources).
> I
> > am good at composing  shots.  I work with a pentax
> > k100d.
> 
> Do you have an ink jet printer now?
> 
> 
> > My aim
> > To do totally b/w photo with strong simple
> > compositions with the widest tonal range possible.
>  I
> > need to take very good quality prints and I know
> > nothing about how to go on doing it
> 
> You've come to the right place. If you use a Mac,
> you'll also find  
> the MacEpsonList.com, also at Yahoo, helpful unless
> you decide not to  
> start with an Epson printer despite the fact (I
> think) that it's  
> probably the best and least expensive way to start.
> 
> 
> > My question
> > 1) Do you think given my lack of expertise I
> should
> > just depend on a professional for this?
> 
> No, because it's feasible to learn to do it yourself
> at much less  
> expense and trying to do that to your satisfaction
> will cause you  
> look harder at prints than you otherwise would.
> 
> 
> >   If so can you
> > recommend a decent one
> > 2) If you think I should do my own digital
> printing
> > can you refer me to a concise how-to material for
> a
> > beginner like me?
> 
> You didn't say how much experience you have at
> printing in general.  
> In almost any case, I think it might be best to
> start with Bill  
> Kennedy's book, "The Photographer's Guide to the
> Digital Darkroom".  
> Bill is on this list and has worked for 25 years in
> the  
> photocommunications program at St. Edward's
> University in Austin. His  
> book is about color, as well as greyscale, printing,
> and I think the  
> more general context will be useful to you even
> though you are  
> already focusing on B&W. Given his book's scope,
> it's very concise.
> 
> So are Clayton Jones's articles at
> 
> <http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm>
> 
> where there is a good overview of, as well as some
> more specific  
> technical articles about, digital B&W printing,
> which will help you  
> get started. Clayton is also an active member of
> this list and the  
> leading proponent of black-only B&W printing, which
> I think is  
> arguably the easiest and least expensive way to put
> your toe in the  
> B&W printing waters unless you already have a
> printer which won't  
> print black-only.
> 
> Until recently, there was no advanced text. But now
> there's Amadou  
> Diallo's "Mastering Digital Black and White: A
> Photographer's Guide  
> to High Quality Black-and-White Imaging and
> Printing", which was  
> recently published in the Digital Process and Print
> Series of which  
> Harald Johnson is the Series Editor. Tyler Boley was
> Amadou's  
> technical editor and, Amadou says, his "sounding
> board". All three of  
> them are also active on this list. You don't need
> Amadou's book to  
> get started, but it might be a useful and inspiring
> reference to what  
> lies ahead of you.
> 
> Good luck, Rit.
> --
> Sam
> 



       
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