A marginally better than average book of its type
This book is more a display of the author's travels and photos than a "how-to-do-it guide. For what it is, I consider it worth the price for the lighting illustrations and the interesting subjects, but it's not a photo instruction manual if that's what is needed.
GREAT BOOK & AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY
THIS BOOK WAS GREAT FROM THE START. IT GAVE ME A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND EVEN MORE INSIGHT TO THE TECHN. ON TAKING UNIQUE AND AWESOME BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE. IT IS EASY TO FOLLOW AND HAS GREAT PICTURES AND IDEAS!
The Best Yet
I have several books on B&w photography and George Todd's The Making of Twenty Images is the best I've read so far. I particulary like the fact that he includes his negatives as he reveals what went into each photograph, from composition to film development, printing and mounting.
Something for Everyone
I got this book at the same time as I got Barry Thornton's Edge of Darkness. I found they were complementary is many ways. George Todd has been at this craft of making monochrome pictures for several decades, and his skill and picture and printmaking ability shine through. Mr Todd has got the picturemaker's trinity of 'tone, detail and texture' pretty much down pat, and the book gives us fine example after fine example of that. Wheras Mr Thornton in Edge of Darkness tells us as much about his heart and his... more info
