The photographers handbook: A complete reference manual

ISBN-10: 0394407547 ISBN-13: 9780394407548 Author(s): Hedgecoe, John. Released: Dec 31, 1976 Publisher: KNOPF Format: Hardcover, 352 pages A practical and inspiring reference for both amateurs and professionals covering the whole range of photography, from the basics of taking pictures, processing and printing them, to the advanced techniques of the studio and darkroom. This edition includes information on the latest digital tape still cameras, microscopic attachments and water-resistant compact cameras. It shows the reader how to photograph everything from a quasar to a unicellular pond animal magnified 100 times; how to use a camera underwater and how to suspend one from a kite; how to print pictures on everything from a billboard to a bird's egg.