Photography Simplified

By Percy R. Salmon

This book forms a complete how-to guide to analogue photography that will interest today's photographer and historians of the art. Extensively illustrated with black and white diagrams and drawings. Contents: Selecting a Camera; Lenses; The Dark-room and Its Fittings; Using a Stand Camera; Hand-camera Work; Developing the Negative; Fixing, Washing, and Drying the Negative; Photography with Films; Improving Faulty Negative; Printing on Self-toning Paper; The Treatment of "Ordinary" P.O.P; Printing on Gaslight Paper; Mounting and Finishing Prints; Landscape Photography; Architectural Photography; Portraiture; Retouching Portrait Negative; Copying; Special processes Briefly Described; Lantern Slides; Flashlight Work; Printing-in Clouds; Isochromatic and Panchromatic Plates. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1446522350
• ISBN13: 9781446522356
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Martin Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"