The book by the famous Moscow photographer Alexander Efremov, a member of the Guild of Advertising Photographers, the European Association of Professional Photographers and the Union of Photographers of Russia, is dedicated to various techniques and secrets of photography. The author tells how this or that photograph was taken, how improvised means were used when shooting and complex decorations were made. The uniqueness of this book lies in the fact that all the works presented in it were completed without the slightest “computer” intervention, although at first glance this seems completely incredible. With the help of this publication, the reader will be able to plunge into the magical world of professional photography and master the practical techniques that recognized masters of photography use in their work.