2002 Golden Light Book Awards — Best Techinical Book Award

The definitive resource for photographers interested in mastering alternative photo-imaging techniques! Interest in photo-imaging has continued to grow in popularity throughout the years, and is still a major aspect of both commercial and fine art applications.

Photo-Imaging: A Complete Visual Guide to Alternative Techniques and Processes is one of the few comprehensive guides available that demonstrates a variety of alternative photo processes, encompassing both traditional and non-traditional techniques, using film formats or digital cameras.

Engaging text and clear step-by-step directions take readers through every aspect of the photo-imaging process?from set-up to final print. They will discover dozens of tested formulas and tips for using infrared film and liquid emulsion; cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown printing; platinum and palladium printing; Kwik prints; tintypes; Polaroid transfers and lifts; hand painting; making digital negatives; and much more.

And that's not all. Readers will also find out proven ways to make enlarged negatives; mix two processes together to achieve various effects; and print on paper, fabric, tiles, glass, and other materials. Plus, Enfield's own lavish photographs throughout show all these winning techniques in action. For the aspiring or professional photographer who wants to master the art of photo-imaging, this one-stop guide provides everything you need for success!

"A very clearly written and personal approach to a subject in which the author covers techniques as old as photography itself right down to the latest creative methods of expression. If you are looking to expand your creative horizons, this is the book for you." Joseph Meehan, Senior Technical Editor, Photo District News

"This book is packed full of things I never knew about alternative photographic printing processes, covering everything from how to make enlarged negatives for contact printing to ways of integrating 21st-century digital techniques with rich chemical recipes of the 19th century. (Call it fusion photography.) I myself am ready to try ink jet transfers, as soon as I can get my printer working." Russell Hart, Executive Editor, American Photo

Includes bibliographical references (p. 158) and index.

Jill Enfield, one of the country's most experienced and respected handcoloring artists, is a fine art, editorial, and commercial photographer. She teaches handcoloring and non-silver photo-imaging techniques at esteemed universities and workshops throughout the US and Europe.