The photographers handbook: A complete reference manual of techniques procedures equipment and style

About this book

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 birds egg.