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title: "Coming into Focus: A Step-by-step Guide to Alternative Photographic and Printing Processes"
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# Coming into Focus: A Step-by-step Guide to Alternative Photographic and Printing Processes

**Brand:** john barnier
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- **What is this?** Coming into Focus: A Step-by-step Guide to Alternative Photographic and Printing Processes by john barnier
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## Description

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        			An illustrated practical guide to antique and contemporary photographic processes. It includes information on chemicals, paper, equipment and techniques for methods such as Daguerreotype, albumen prints, tintype, Polaroid transfers and digital imaging.
				    	  
			    	  
        		
        		
        	
        
          
        	  About the Author
        	
        	
            
        			John Barnier has worked as a professional photographer for over twenty years and is a contributing editor to Camera View magazine He lives in Northern Minnesota.

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## Customer Reviews

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    Five Stars
  

*by L***A on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2015*

One on the best books on this subject.

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    livre intéressant
  
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in France on 27 November 2019*

livre intéressant mais qui a pris de l’âge surtout pour le cote négatif digital

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    Good book for sampling the various methods described!
  

*by A***D on Reviewed in the United States on 7 January 2015*

Out almost 15 years and this is only the 13th review?…the book is much better than that!You get information on Daguerreotypes ( a safer, new, method of developing them), Calotype (paper negatives), wet plate negatives (but not the dry type- I wanted that), Ambrotypes and Tintypes and a variety of printing processes including Salt, Albumen and Cyanotype. Just a chapter on each so possibly an expert will want more information on formulas and instruction but you'll get a very good sample of each including samples of types and photos of steps in processes. 2 pages of resources I haven't checked but most probably still are in business. I found mention of 1 item, the Contact Printing Frame shown on page xvii, described as being best for glass negatives, that isn't listed there by name anyway. I'm sure it or some other alternative can be found ( at least one developing ingredient can be found at the grocery store).Good book to have!

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