Are people really so predictable? Is the camera only useful for 'special' and 'happy' events or could it play a larger part in their lives? In this film four photography students from Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham explore the reasons for taking photographs, tracing them back to family album conventions established in Victorian times. They reckon people could get far more out of photography, not by using fancy equipment but by recognising it as a powerful means of communication - available to everyone.