1950s VINTAGE TEACH YOURSELF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK H/B exc

1959 H/B EDITION of TEACH YOURSELF PHOTOGRAPHY

written by Stanley Bowler and published by The English Universities Press

Fabulous and really informative, no nonsense small book on all aspects
of getting going with photography, including developing your negative and making prints, enlarging etc. - not digital!

The Chapters are :

THE CAMERA
THE LENS
THE SUTTER
MAKING A NEGATIVE
THE DARK ROOM
DEVELOPING THE NEGATIVE
NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS
MAKING PRINTS
ENLARGING
"SNAPS" or PHOTOGRAPHS?
COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTIFICIAL-LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
CHEMICALS and FORUMULAE
FUTURE WORK

Lots of Illustrations :

THE PINHOLE CAMERA
A SIMPLE SCENE
THE SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA
THE TWIN-LENS REFLEX CAMERA
FORMING THE IMAGE
A SIMPLE CAMERA
FOCAL LENGTH
FOCAL LENGTH and RELATIVE APERTURE
APERTURE and DEPTH of FIELD
LARGE and SMALL APERTURES
LONG AND SHORT FOCUS LENSES
DISTRIBUTION OF DARK-ROOM LIGHTING
DARK-ROOM LAY-OUT
VENTILATION LIGHT-TRAP
PLY COVER FOR BATH
THE JOHNSON "ROTO-TWO" DEVELOPING TANK
A DRYING CUPBOARD
A TORAGE BOTTLE FOR SOLUTIONS
WIPING DOWN WITH WASH-LEATHER
WIPING DOWN WITH VISCOSE SPONGE
CHARACTERISTIC CURVE
PRINTING FRAME MOUNTING
PRINTING BOX
CASCADE PRINT WASHING
METHODS OF DRYING PRINTS
COMPARISON BETWEEN CAMERA AND ENLARGER
DIRECTION OF LIGHTING
LONG AND SHORT FOCUS LENSES
PICTURE COMPOSITIONS
TRIMMING MASK
A SIMPLE PICTURE FINDER

Just about everything you need to know!   The old-fashioned way!

The book itself measures 7" down by 4.5" across.  The blue hardback covers are in very good condition - they do have bumped corners and the blue colour on the spine is faded but the title etc. is fine.    The inside pages in pristine condition.  There are no scribbles, rips or inscriptions or any other damage.   There are 192 pages.

UK p&p free - included in bid price
Europe p&p £3.28
Rest of the World p&p £4.85

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