 This Pete Smith Specialty begins with a short history of photography. We begin with Frenchman Louis Daguerre who fixed images on metal in the 1830s and 1840s. Sixty years later professionals use commercial film to record stiffly posed portraits. Amateurs began taking more candid shots with the advent of cheaper films and cameras. Then we see compulsive shutterbug Otto, who takes pictures of his wife Drowzina and child Sonny whenever and wherever he can.