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The Film Photographer's Handbook
Compose. Develop. Print.
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Explore your analogue world with adventures in film, photography and motion: how to plan, set up and direct a shoot, then develop, process and print your work. Includes a guide to cameras and accessories. Covers all the techniques you need to become more creative with your...
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Explore your analogue world with adventures in film, photography and motion: how to plan, set up and direct a shoot, then develop, process and print your work.
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Explore your analogue world with adventures in film, photography and motion: how to plan, set up and direct a shoot, then develop, process and print your work.
Includes a guide to cameras and accessories. Covers all the techniques you need to become more creative with your photography. Understand how to find, restore and re-purpose vintage equipment. Learn new skills or explore how to mix your media: be creative, be vibrant, be original!
The Film Photographer's Handbook by Chris Gatcum and Steve Bavister is an essential guide for anyone looking to delve into the world of film photography.
Author: Chris Gatcum is a photographer, author, and editor with more than 20 years' experience. As well as the obligatory digital camera arsenal, his camera bag bulges with myriad "old timer" film cameras: from early box cameras to TLRs; large format to pinhole. He is currently modifying an early large-format Speed Graphic to shoot paper negatives.
Chris has written more than a dozen books, across a wide range of camera-related subjects, covering film photography, digital technology, and processing. He is the author of the best-selling The Beginner's Photography Guide, Complete Photography and Mastering Film Photography, among other titles, and continues to work behind the scenes on countless photography book projects for a number of leading publishers. He lives in Devon, England.
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ISBN: 9781446317853
Publisher: David & Charles
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 August 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: David & Charles
Illustration: 256 Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
Based on Steve Bavister's original Complete Guide to 35mm Photography, Chris Gatcum now provides a revised and updated edition for a new generation of photographers. Chris is a photographer, author, and editor with more than 20 years' experience. As well as the obligatory digital camera arsenal, his camera bag bulges with myriad "old timer" film cameras: from early box cameras to TLRs; large format to pinhole. He is currently modifying an early large-format Speed Graphic to shoot paper negatives. He has written more than a dozen books, across a wide range of camera-related subjects, covering film photography, digital technology, and processing. He is the author of the best-selling The Beginner's Photography Guide, Complete Photography and Mastering Film Photography, among other titles, and continues to work behind the scenes on countless photography book projects for a number of leading publishers. He lives in Devon, England.
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