Experienced photographers and beginners alike will welcome this encyclopedic, authoritative guide as both an essential reference source and an incomparable instruction manual on BASIC BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY, From pinhole cameras and a history of the photographic image, Karl Rehm - leads the reader through 'camera types' lenses, and format advantages, and into the mechanics of camera operation and film loading. Further-more, the author clearly explains exposure, lighting, and close-up photography, while his sections on film processing and darkroom manipulations are crammed with information essential to everyone interested in photography.
The author's media and teaching background has enabled him to present the various subjects in. easy-to-learn steps, and the summaries that: end each chapter reinforce the learning process by restating the chapter's
objectives. Also provided at the end of each chapter are specific references to more information that can guide the ambitious.
Superb examples of what can be achieved in bleak and-white photography illustrate the book. More than good photography, though, the pictures and the diagrams work hand-in-hand with the text to make this a blend of easily assimilated facts, processes, and techniques.