Chess Photography

This is not a primer on how to take pictures of pawns, castles, bishops, knights and rooks.

Russ Burden

Updated July 27, 2016

The second word in the title is the true focus, photography. So what's the "chess" connection you ask? The tie in between photography and chess is actually quite logical.

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Originally Published October 1, 2012

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