Built From Scratch: Adventures In X-ray Film Photography With A Homemade 11x14 View Camera

by Scott Wittenburg

The host of Photography 101 chronicles how he created an 11x14 view camera from scratch and uses it to photograph black and white images with X-ray film. An illustrated account of the design and construction of his fully functional large format camera using only standard carpentry tools is presented in detail. What follows is the teacher’s quest to fine-tune his creation while taking studio portraits of his photo students over a three-year period. Throughout this process he shares critiques of his un-retouched darkroom photos, tips on X-ray film processing, creative lighting techniques and much more.

176 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 1, 2019

About the author

Scott has written twelve novels including his most recent, Guess Who's Next, Book 4 of the Alan Swansea Mystery Series. Other titles include the The Smithtown Project, The Wall, The May Day Murders Sequel, The May Day Murders, Greshmere, See Tom Run, Katherine's Prophecy and The Edge. Scott has also written two non fiction photography books including Built From Scratch: Adventures In X-ray Film Photography With A Homemade 11x14 View Camera and The Story Behind The Images. He is also host of the popular photography podcast, Photography 101.