Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-19
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS.
How Persons Should Dress When They
Have Their Pictures Taken.


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 likenesses 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
ror. 1t 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-
sou when we do not think that per-
son the type of beauty to which we be-
long, and with what Il thrill of salts
faction we hear the same declaration
when it comedies with our own wishes
of resembiances. This feeling, no
doubt, is at the bottom of our satisfac-
ton or dissatisfaction with the results
of the photographer skill. Better re-
suits could be 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
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.
to the head, rather plain in front, and
twisted into coil at the back of the
neck, is the only sensible way for a
off her head prettily. and always
looks refined and artistic. High
eoiffures, waves. bangs, frizzes and
other devices for Uranium Ornamental
ton may be the rage, but in a photo
graph they look ridiculous and foolish
after the fashion has changed. A low
neck in dress is becoming to nearly
every lady in picture, for it gives a
chance at head~posing which is not an
fected by collars. ruches, etc., that ex-
tend almost to the chin.
1.-The clothing worn by men is mar
tistic, and hides the outlines of their
figures; particularly their pantaloons,
which are as ungraceful as can be: I'M
agined. Amer can men, as a rule,
have long necks and sloping shoulders;
for this reason they can wear tolerabiy
high shirt collars. The neatest neck
wear of this class is the rolling collar,
always stylish and effective in photo
graph. Men on hit never to wear any
thing else when going to sit for pic
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
a photograph. There are no accepted
rules for dressing either sex for visit
to a gallery. If person has taste in
clothes. and takes the hints a good ar
fist will afterward give him. no fault
is likely to be found with the work
Christian Union.