The craft of photography

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Much of the material in this book first appeared in Camera 35.

Author(s): David Vestal
Publisher: Harper & Row
Year: 1974

Language: English
Commentary: ISBN 0-06-014497-1
Pages: 384
City: New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London

Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction and Capsule History ix
PA R T O N E H A R DWA R E A N D SO F TWAR E
1. Cameras and Lenses
2. Light Meters
3. Film and the Negative
4. Starting a Darkroom
PAR T TWO BAS I C P R O C E D U R E S
5. Developing Film
6. Contact Printing
7. Enlarging (One )
8. Enlarging (Two)
PA R T T H R E E P H O T O G RA P H I C C O N T R O L
9. B asic Control-Film Speed and Exposure
10. Basic Control-Film Development and Negative Contrast
11. Basic Control-Using Paper Contrast to Control Print Contrast
12. B asic Control-Burning-In and Dodging
13. Fine Controls
PA R T F O U R M O U N T I N G , F R A M I N G , E X H I B I T I N G ,
AN D P U BL I S H I N G
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14. How to Mount Your Prints 263
1 5 . What to Do with Your Pictures 287
P A R T F I V E N OW I T ' S U P T O Y O U
16. What to Photograph ? How to Photograph It ? 301
Glossary 336
Index 355