Michael Langford

Introduction This book is a concise, practical guide for anyone with a 35 mm single lens reflex or compact camera, or thinking of buying one. The contents concentrate on advice and tips to improve your camera expertise, expand your range of picture taking, and help you obtain greater enjoyment...

Introduction The basic principle of the camera obscura. Because light travels in straight lines, a small hole forms a crude and very dim upside-down image of the sunlit landscape, Inside a darkened room. This is an introductory guide to the history of photography written for students of...

6 Introduction ntroduction Special effects photography is concerned with manipulating reality - to form an eye-catching image, or to create a dream-like, even nightmarish visual situation. It Is visual theater -generally larger than life, sometimes subtle, but often outrageous. Oddly,...