The Arizona sentinel., 1885-12-05
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS.
How Persons Should Dress When The
 Have Their Pictures Taken.

How Persons Should Dress When They
 Have Their Pictures Taken.
 How to dress when sitting for pho- tograph is serious question at the time, and one that compels consider able thought Many people find their photographs but faint ikenesses of the original, and for this there are several reasons; among the first is that in all probability we each look most kindly on our own faces when seen in the mir- TOT. It is almost positive that we are not positively familiar with our own ! features. Witness the shiver with which we receive the declaration: '"How much you look like Mrs. So-and- sop when we do not think that per son the type of beauty to which we be- long, and with what thrill of satis- faction we hear the same declaration when it coincides with our own wishes of resemblances. This feeling, m doubt, is at the bottom of our satisfac- ton or dissatisfaction with the results of the photographers skill. Better re- suits could 5o obtained, sometimes, if the subject were dressed in conformity with the laws of light.
 A prominent photographer not long since said.
 ''Too many think they have nothing to do personally with the photographs. They can dress in any manner,< wear anything, pose as pleases them. and they will be taken artistically. This is an erroneous impression. You take a lady with mass of white around her neck, and after she is photographed that white will detract from the look of her face. The contrast between the stuff and the flesh tints in life are lost in the likeness, to the detriment of the facial expression. The high sleeve dresses of to-day are ugly, and distort the form. High dressing about the neck is to be avoided for ladies. The Greek style of hair-dressing, close to the head, rather plain in front, and twisted into a coil at the back of the neck. is the only sensible way for lady to be photographed. It shows off her head prettily, and always looks refined and artistic. High cultures, waves, bangs, frizzes and other devices for cranium ornaments tion may be the rage, but in photo graph they look ridiculous and foolish after the fashion has changed. A low neck in a dress is becoming to nearly every lady in a picture, for it gives chance at head-pOsing which is not af fected by collars, ruches, etc., that ex- tend almost to the chin.
 ''The clothing worn by men is inar- tistic, and hides the outlines of their figures; particularly their pantaloons, which arc as ungraceful as can be Im- agined. Amer can men, as 8 rule, have long necks and sloping shoulders; for this reason they can wear tolerably high shirt collars. The neatest neck wear of this class is the rolling collar, always stylish and effective in photo graph. Men ou ht never to wear any. thing else when going to sit for pie ture; that is, if their necks are not too long and can. stand the low collar. A short man ought never to wear sack coat; it destroys the lines of his form In Prince Albert garment fellow can nearly every time look first rate in photograph. There are no accepted rules for dressing either sex for visit to gallery. If Q person has taste in clothes, and takes the hints goo1 ar tist will afterward give him, no fault is likely to be found with the work. Ghrists m IEninn