Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-07-14
AN OLD PHOTOGRAPHER,
VETERAN BoaARDus WRITES ABOUT
SECRETS OF THE TRADE.

BeJGnAN 6O6AHOOS WHITES ABOUT
q SECRETS OF THE TRADE.
why the Amateurs Are Doing So Wen.
H Results Of Carelessness- Photor.
rapher's Patrons-0ood Advics-Produo
4 ton of Colors.
II required work, money and time, and
yreat Quantities Of II, to bring photoe.
Eaphy up to its present standard; It re-
huired the combined intellect of the best
CHEMISTS and the best manipulators; it
required the finest mechanism to construct
The necessary apparatus, and It required
reat care. taste. skill, Judgment and ex.
berience to make good picture
One man will excel in lighting and pos.
bg and perhaps is not successful with
be chemical part; another Is good with
(he chemicals, but cannot pose or light
The sitter; another is perfect with the
mechanical part. and cannot pose to sat
4sfaction or use the chemicals to produce
hood work; few men combine ali. The
litter sees nor knows but very little Of all
This. He thinks If be looks bis best and
lives up his most agreeable expression
hat Is all there Is to be done II he
you'd go with me into the dark room and
Zee the care necessary to develop the neg
ktive in the dark, to bring the whites SO
They will print black, and the blacks 80
half tones. he would soon be enlightened
that the smile Of the sitter" was but
Very small part Of the operation.
A OH but, you say, see how well anna
8$eurs are doing. Granted But, remem-
Der all the work Of the operation has been
eimpli6ed. It was not so simple to men
Who worked with hand and brain to
Gmplify It. Again, the amateur does not
ave to prepare his chemical plate; it can
be bought already coated The careless
mateur will often expose the same plate
twice A gentleman usually successful,
Exposed his plate on an organ grinder and
his monkey. The next day, forgetting
which plate had been exposed, he focused
|bn beautiful country seat. When the
plate was developed house, man and
monkey we're somewhat mixed, the head
||SBpf the organ grinder coming out Of the
2chimney and the monkey perched on the
$head Of the lady Of the house, who had
$50 carefully struck an attitude on the
$piazza More plates spoiled by careless
#working than by bad chemicals, has
&passed Into saying" in the fraternity
photographer sees many little his
tories A young gentleman has some
4 pictures Soon after bashful young
lady calls. and showing one of his pictures
n wishes hers taken the same size and
style We understand the situation
4 Before long the now bride is taken in her
4 bridal dress Next the baby in its long
dress, then in it's short dress In the
course OF time in his first pants, then in
i his uniform as he comes home from
boarding school,; soon in that most i'm
fportant period Of his young life when he
attempts bis first mustache at college
on In regular progression from generation
to generation.
Many sitters spoil what would other
wise have been q good picture by trying
Ito put on an expression. Try to look
&ike yourself Is the best advice can
&give. One looks too cross; the next smiles
too much. A miss from the country
brought her lover for a picture Nov.
said she, Josh, kinder smile and kinder
mot That was about as sensible advice
las | ever heard given. after over forty
years In making faces Photography has
been called Justice without mercy. but
by retouching the sitter can be made to
look much younger than is real. Retouch
ing the negative is done in dark room.
9th small opening in frame that Gov
rs the window The negative is placed
Dver this small opening, and the work
man. by the use of pencil and brush. re-
moves all the roughness Of the skin, and
\ can remove all frowns and lines Thus
the prints are beautified and sometimes
improved But In many instances the re,
toucher does too much, by taking out all
the character of the face People wishing
ja true likeness never wish this done
others 40 It depends very much on the
age Ct the sitter. have had people 65
and ~ years old ask Can you take my
likeness without showing any wrinkless"
Inc answer always Is. eyes. but where
will the likeness be2" Many, many com
plants have had Of the picture looking
too old. and but very few Instances Of It's
being pronounced too young remember
several instances where the parties ex,
acted promise to break the plate after
one impression had been printed. They
wanted one for SELF but none for friends
under any circumstances.
Efforts to get pictures Of young ladies'
are often made. OF course, pictures of
actresses and public people are sold to any
purchaser, but the pictures Of private
parties honoring me with their patronage
l always considered sacred All kinds Of
persuasions are made by young men to get
the pictures OF pretty young ladies'
Will the colors ever be photographed?
Well. In these days Of wonders we are
hardly surprised at anything Electricity
had long been known and used for varf
GUS purposes, but 1t remained for Morse
to send It whispering around the world.
and photography has made rapid strides
and some mind more fertile than others
may produce the colors. but all attempts
by the best chemists Of the world have
not been successful thus far.
Several claims have been made. but on
investigating have been found false.
About the year 1850 man named Hill. Of
Catskill. N T., claimed to be able to
daguerreotype the colors. OF course, 1t
was great secret. ALI the daguerreo
typists Immediately suffered from color
on the brain A meeting was called at
the gallery Of Mr.. Lawrence to inves-
tigats. It was decided to send com
mittes to Catskill with money to buy the
wonder. but he could not show anything
satisfactory.
Photography has been disgraced By the
among intelligent and virtuous people
~ mas oee1 useu " Sra1lAy GAo !o"eSu
and most depraved tastes. and although
there is law against the production Of
such pictures, yet they are produced in
this city In places unknown to the public,
and have been made in galleries bearing
tair reputation and by men contemplate
enough to do anything for money
Sometimes you hear people say: 1.-THE
photographer put me in such bad light
1t made me scowl." Now, II the reader