Changing attitudes towards photography
Personal styles and approaches
3 Lenses: controlling the image
How direct viewfinder cameras work
5 Using different focal length lenses, camera kits
Overview – how images are captured
Film versus digital imaging routes
CCD limits to your final print size
Storing exposed shots on memory cards, disks
Point-and-shoot ‘low-end’ cameras
‘High-end’ cameras, digital backs
Will digital cameras take over?
7 Lighting: principles and equipment
Basic characteristics of lighting
Structuring pictures through the camera
Choosing films for black and white
Storing film – before and after exposure
Factors that determine what exposure to give
Measuring exposure (continuous light)
Equipment and general preparations
Processing black and white (silver image) negatives
Processing chromogenic (colour and black and white) negatives
Processing colour slides and transparencies
Processing other film materials
Permanence of processed results
12 Black and white printing: facilities and equipment
Safelighting and printing paper sensitivity
13 Black and white printing: techniques