Dokaboek 2.0, all the basics of analogue photography in one book

Friday 3 September 2021, 14:28 by Erik van Rosmalen | 5,672 views | 0 comments

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Analogue photography, a process that took two centuries and disappeared almost completely within a few years at the start of the 21st century due to the rise of the digital camera. But the old technique is back. That is why the time was right for a book covering all the basics: Dokaboek 2.0.

Now that analogue photography has been given a second life among enthusiasts and artists, the time is also right for a clear summary of the basic techniques involved in developing, printing and enlarging (black-and-white) negatives.

That is why photography teacher Piet Pulles worked passionately on Dokaboek 2.0 over the past two years.

From baker to photographer

Because if anyone should have written this book, it is Piet. He came very close to becoming a baker. As a member of a baking family, he trained as a baker, but at the start of the seventies he decided to turn his hobby into his profession.

Piet started a studio and focused on industrial clients, becoming well known in the Waalwijk area.

Piet Pulles

Sharing knowledge in the darkroom

By now, his sons have successfully continued the photography studio. Piet has been teaching photography for many years. Including analogue photography.

At Kunstencentrum Waalwijk he runs photography courses, but he also shares his enormous wealth of knowledge in the darkroom with photographers who want to start developing and printing again themselves.

Old hands and young enthusiasts

'When I started teaching photography courses at the Kunstencentrum, I discovered the fully equipped darkroom there, standing idle and waiting', Piet says. 'I felt like getting back to work the old-fashioned way.'

Once he had cleaned up the darkroom and made it usable again, he sought publicity. This resulted in quite a few registrations.

'Old hands who wanted to take up their hobby again, but also young enthusiasts who turned out to be curious about this old craft.'

Piet wrote Dokaboek 2.0 for both the old hands and the young enthusiasts. In more than a hundred pages, Piet shares examples, tips and useful tricks, as well as the pitfalls you will want to avoid if you want to get started with analogue photography yourself. All presented in a clear, contemporary way.

Clearly and directly written, with tips that fit contemporary analogue photography.

Complete and contemporary

Naturally, countless books about analogue photography were written in the seventies and eighties. The technique did not change during that time, but the yellowed pages, dated photographs and flowery language are not very appealing.

Dokaboek 2.0 has become a simple and accessible, but above all complete and contemporary handbook. No long stories, but short texts with plenty of examples and illustrations.

What do you need for taking photographs, developing and printing, and which steps do you need to follow? The book guides the reader through it all with clear images and explanations. From loading film onto a reel to dodging, burning and correcting the corners of photographs.

No long stories, just explanations with clear images.

Want to know more?

More information can be found at Dokaboek.nl. You can also order the 118-page hardcover book there, for 29.95 euros, directly from the author!

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