Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-04
Tb.2 PHOTOGRAPHERS TGIAI.
Behaving of Humans and BruteS Be,
 fore fhe Camera,


 some amusing incidents in your busi- ness" said a Tribune reporter to a rhOtographcr down town the other day
 ~Ges, ] a.. , sometimes run in the darkroom ro have a good laugh all to myself It wol. int dO to laugh before the people, you know."
 Queer casesi Why there's one in that other room now. That women has been here since ten o'clock with that little child. I have taken ten pictures of it. and spoiled sixteen plates. Why, l worked hard till l o'clock. and then I told her l must have something to eat She wanted to get good expression on the child. Now, when baby Is bObbing around and 'goo-gooing' or crying, l have to take them 'On the fly or when ever l can can't stop to get an ex- precision on them have made all manner of noises and grimaces. and make a perfect fool out of myself to attract their attention and make them sit still When everything else fails, light some paper. l have burned up many newspaper, and wonder haven't burned the shop up. But they will watch fire a little while"
 "A good many country people come here, l should suppOse:"
 " Yes; Tn fact that was the main source Of our trade. We are near the ferries, and so get a good many New Jersey people. Once in while have a coun- tryman who has never been photograph ed. He will want to know If his ears are all right or if his hair is in disorder, and he seems to care more about getting his clothes in the picture than his face. When everything IS ready and l take this pole with the picture for him to fix his eyes on, put It Tn its proper place, and say, Look at this I'm blamed if he won't get up and come and inspect 1t, and have to pose him all over again.
 "One wishes to know all about the iron prop that steadies his head. Every thing seems so mysterious to him. Will I have to sit still fifteen minute {" he will ask, Oh mo- l say, about fifteen seconds. Then when done he will say, Oh, you did make me sit still full ten minutes
 "A young fellow about sixteen came here once who seemed to be afraid of the machine 1 would tell him where to fix his eyes, but as soon as l turned to the camera he would be looking with a scared expression. I made picture of him at last, and he was overioyed. He real ly seemed to imagine that 1t was going to hurt him Negroes generally take we'll One nice thing about them Is that they will never tell you to do this or that, but merely say Make me pie ture' We must be careful though about their noses. They are naturally inclined to turn up, and if we don't look out we magnify them into perfect fnghts.
 We photograph good many sailors, and they are perfect sItters. l can go out of the raom after l have posed them and stay half an hour and they will not stir a muscle or wink an eye while l am gone"
 Do you get Chinaman often?'
 " Not often here, though l used to when I worked further up town. A Chi uaman sits well after you get him posed, but he is just like a piece of wood. If ycu try to turn his head a little you have to turn D Llulders and the chair a..l the whole -Hse, l might say, with nim. Gilman D eyes are just like glass. They seem to have no depth or color, and reflect the light so that they just glare in picture. The only good eyes I ever got from a Chinaman were those of a high-toned fellow who had a good position as steward on yacht. One day he came wearing some huge blue spectacle. They had glasses on the side of the eve as well as in front. l told him 1t would never do, for l expected 1t would make just two big blorches in the picture. But he sad tbey were part of his costume and must go in. l peeped through the cylinder, and l could not see a vestige of his eve through the glasses, and I thought l was in for a frightful picture. But those eyes took through the blue glass splendldly, and he was so pleased that he ordered large number of the photographs. ] have been thinking since of taking all China men through blue glass.
 "One of the finest pictures I ever made was that of negro woman up town. She dressed herself up gOr- geously and painted her face, putting plenty of red on her cheeks. The pie ture was a little dark, like that of Gu ban, perhaps, but you would never have thought 1t was that of a negro woman. Many people admired il"
 Do you have to photograph animais often?'
 aNo, and l do not want to, though it Is not hard to get picture of dog, oI even a cat. and horses usually stand well. 4 man came once with monkey which be wanted photographed sitting on his hand. The monkey was little fellow, and lie brought him in his pocket Just as we went to take the cover of the machine the monkey turned like a flash and jumped into the mans pocket. '- New York Tribune.