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Antonello Rizzo, Editor
I Segreti
Della Forgia
Secrets of the Forge
Step-by-step in Photos
Language : Italian and English
228 Pages, all color plates, size 11-1/2" x 13-3/8"
Full color print end papers.
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Book Review IN PROGRESS by Jock Dempsey
This is one of a series of large format color photo essay coffee table books compiled by Antonello Rizzo.
I dislike using the term, "coffee table book", but there it is.
This is a step-by-step book covering basic through some advanced blacksmithing.
However, I would not call it a "how-to" book.
It is a book for those with mechanical and metalworking skills that want to do more.
It is lavishly illustrated with more photos than text.
However the heat colors due to digital photography may be confusing to those not in the trade.
Digital Age Defects
The use of digital cameras has revolutionized photography and publishing images.
But it has also brought along a variety of new problems.
One of those problems is false colors.
This is particularly noticeable in photographing hot iron with digital cameras.
Under certain circumstances the yellow reds turn an odd purple color.
The problem is more noticeable at the low end of the temperature spectrum.
All digital cameras tend to pickup infrared below that which the adjusted eye or standard film can pick up and translate it to a purple/pink.
Iron that is at a high black heat invisible even in the dark photographs slightly purple/pink with digital cameras due to the infrared.
While this is not true color it is not too objectionable.
However, under some circumstances many digital cameras photograph higher temperatures that should be red/orange and red as a purple pink.
For some reason no amount of color adjustment using standard methods will fix this problem.
There are a number of photos in this book with the problem.
Those editing and publishing images of ironwork in progress need to be aware of this problem.
I've had this problem in my own photos and others sent for publication in the anvilfire NEWS.
But I think images for print should meet a higher standard.
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Page 161, Laminated steel "Damascus" fish sculpture by Tiziano Matteazzi, Italy.
Links:
Published by:
Rizzo Editore
Via Leopardi, 2
73016 San Cesario
ITALY
Distributed in North America by: ArtisanIdeas.com
ISBN: 978-88-903359-1-4
$125.00 (€ 130,00)
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Antonello Rizzo, Editor
I Segreti
Della Forgia
Secrets of the Forge
Step-by-step in Photos
Language : Italian and English
228 Pages, all color plates, size 11-1/2" x 13-3/8"
Full color print end papers.
Book Review IN PROGRESS by Jock Dempsey
This is one of a series of large format color photo essay coffee table books compiled by Antonello Rizzo. I dislike using the term, "coffee table book", but there it is.This is a step-by-step book covering basic through some advanced blacksmithing. However, I would not call it a "how-to" book. It is a book for those with mechanical and metalworking skills that want to do more. It is lavishly illustrated with more photos than text. However the heat colors due to digital photography may be confusing to those not in the trade.
The use of digital cameras has revolutionized photography and publishing images. But it has also brought along a variety of new problems. One of those problems is false colors. This is particularly noticeable in photographing hot iron with digital cameras. Under certain circumstances the yellow reds turn an odd purple color. The problem is more noticeable at the low end of the temperature spectrum. All digital cameras tend to pickup infrared below that which the adjusted eye or standard film can pick up and translate it to a purple/pink.
Iron that is at a high black heat invisible even in the dark photographs slightly purple/pink with digital cameras due to the infrared. While this is not true color it is not too objectionable. However, under some circumstances many digital cameras photograph higher temperatures that should be red/orange and red as a purple pink. For some reason no amount of color adjustment using standard methods will fix this problem. There are a number of photos in this book with the problem.
Those editing and publishing images of ironwork in progress need to be aware of this problem. I've had this problem in my own photos and others sent for publication in the anvilfire NEWS. But I think images for print should meet a higher standard.
Page 161, Laminated steel "Damascus" fish sculpture by Tiziano Matteazzi, Italy.
Links:
Published by:
Rizzo Editore
Via Leopardi, 2
73016 San Cesario
ITALY
Distributed in North America by: ArtisanIdeas.com
ISBN: 978-88-903359-1-4
$125.00 (€ 130,00)