CHAPTER 7
The Case of the
Disappearing Glass
e distant genius who rst fused sand into glass has tricked the eyes and
delighted the brains of every generation of humans that followed. Glass has
perhaps also grayed the hair and wasted the time of more photographers
than any other substance.
Fortunately for us picture makers, however, attempting to reproduce the
appearance of glass need not lead to the photographic disasters we so oen
see. is chapter discusses the principles, the problems, and some straight-
forward solutions to the basic challenges that glass oers.
PRINCIPLES
e appearance of glass is determined by many of the same principles we
discussed in the preceding chapter on metal. As with metal, almost all reec-
tion produced by ...