This text offers detailed technical information on all aspects of photography and discusses the considerations which combine to create well conceived and technically accomplished photographs. This updated edition includes new material on recent developments in automated and close-up flash, exposure techniques and equipment systems. An entirely new chapter on colour printing on has been added, and also a section on opportunities in the photographic world. Examples from the work of over 100 photographers are featured and diagrams complement an explanation of such areas as photomacography, filters, view cameras, alternative printing methods, lighting, exposure, optics and composition. Alfred A. Blaker is Technical Editor and a regular columnist at "Darkroom Photography", where he is responsible for the technical accuracy of the magazine"s content.