IN-CAMERA SPECIAL EFFECTS

Mike Stensvold, Macdonald paperback 1985.

A clear introduction to the skills behind special effects can be surprisingly simple to achieve.

 This volume in the Master Class series offers you step-by-step instructions on expanding your photographic skills to create stunning results, using only inexpensive equipment.

You’ll start with the basic photographic skills of using depth of field, selective focus, and shutter to get simple but unusual effects, and with advanced techniques using flash and rear protection. Along the way you’ll learn about;

Physiograms

Multiple exposure

Matte boxes and masks

Coloured and colourless filters

Much more besides

Every technique receives a clear and comprehensive explanation, illustrated with striking examples of what special effects can do. The book is clean and tightly bound.