Mohave County miner., 1888-11-10
AN OLD PHOTOGRAPHER
VETERAN eocARoUs WRITES ABOUT
sEcRErs or THE TRADE.
wby the Amsteurs Are Do.sg So wen.
Results Of careicssnuss Photog-
rHpher's Patrons -oood Ady.rs Produs.
ti0n oi Coiora


II required work. money aud tims, and
great quantities OF IL, To bring photog-
raphy up 10 It's present standard, Il 70.
quired the combined intellect of tho best
chemists and the best nanipulators; 10
required the finest mechanism TO construct
tho necessary apparatus and IL required
great care taste, hkIll Judgment and sx-
perience 10 make good picture
Ono man viii exrei In lighting and pos
Ing. and perhaps ~ not successful with
the chemicai part another II good with
the chemicals but canno, pose or light
the SIT 9r onoti@r II pefie.g with the
mechanical part snd caunot Pose 10 sat-
isfaction or use the chemicals 70 produca
good wnrk few men coniDino an Tho
sitter secs nor knows eu, vety little OF all
this iic thinks II be looks his best and
gives up his most agreeable expression
That IL aii there Is 10 be done II hs
would GO with nie into the dark room aud
see tise care necr~ary 10 develop the nog-
alive In the dark 20 brtng the whites 90
they viii print black and the blacks 70
as to print white. aud yet leave oil the
half tones be would soon DO enlightened
that the smile Of the sitter" was but Q
very small part OF the operation.
OH but you say see how. well ANA
teurs are doing Granted But. remem.
Ter all the work OF the operation has been
simplifed II was not SO simple 10 men
who worked with hand and brain TO
simplify IT Again. the amateur does not
have to prepare bis chemical plate; 1t can
be bough, already coated The careless
amateur will often expose the same plate
twice A gentleman usually successful,
exposed bis plate on an organ grinder and
his monkey The next day. forgetting
which plate had been exposed. he focused
on a beautiful country seat When, the
plate vas developed honSe, man and
monkey we're somewhsi mixed. the head
OF tho organ grinder coming out OF the
chimney and the monkey perchsd on the
bead Of the lady Of the house. who had
so carefully struck an attitude on the
piazza More plates spoiled by careless
working than by bad chemicals, has
passed into saying In the fraternity
tories young gentleman has some
pictures Soon after bashful y0sng
lady calls. and showing one Of his pictures
wishes hers taken the same size and
style We understand the situation.
Before long the now bride Is taken In her
bridal dress Next the baby In It's long
dress then In It's short dress In the
course OF time In bis first pants, then In
his uniform az he comes home from
boarding school, soon In that most i'm.
por'ant period OF his young life when he
attempts Sis hrst musta:he at college
And then he brings his best girl, and 80
on in iegn!ai progression from generation
to generation
Many sitters spoil what would other.
wise have been good picture by trying
10 put on an expression Try to look
Ike yourself" Ia the best advice ! can
give One locks too crosx: the next smiles
toe much A miss from the country
brought her lover for picture Now"
said she. Josh kinder smile and kinder
not That was about as sensible advice
as J 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 q dark room,
with small opening In q frame that COW
ers the window Tho negative Is placed
over this small opening and the work
man. by the use OF pencil and brush, ro-
moves all the roughness Of the skin, and
can remove all fIowns and lines Thus
the prints are beautifed and sometimes
TOUGHER does too much. by taking out all
the character Of the faca People wishing
true likeness never wish this done
Others do II depends very much on the
age Of the sitter have had people G5
and 70 years old ask Can you take my
likeness without showing any wrinklesf''
The answer always Is. Yes, but where
will the likeness be1' Many, mary com.
plants have had OF tho picture looking
too old and but very few instances Of Its
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
always considered sacred all kinds OF
persnasions are made by young men to get
The pictures Of pretty young ladies'
VIII the colors ever be photographed
Well. IN these days OF wonders we are
hardly surprised ut anything Electricity
had long been known and used for yar!.
,us purposes but II remained for Morse
10 send II whispering around the world.
md photography has made rapid strides.
md some mind moro fertile than others
nay produce the colors. bat oil attempts
BY the best chemists OF the world have
,ot been successful thus far.
Several claims have been made. but on
investigating have been found false.
About the year 1850 man named Hill, OF
,atskill, N Y. claimed to be able TO
tho colors OF course, Il
vas great secret. All the daguerreo-
ypists Immediately suffered from color
n the brain A meeting was called at
he gallery OF Mr. Lawrence to invcs-
igate II was decided 20 send com.
nittee to Catskill with money to buy the
Wonder, but he could not show anything
..
Photography has been disgraced by the
making of pictures unfit to be shown
mong Intelligent and virtuous people,
has been used to crafty tho lowest
nd most depraved tastes. and although
here Is law against the production of
uch pictures yet they are produced In
his city In places unknown TO the public.
nd have been made In galleries bearing
air reputation aud by men contemplate
nough to do anything for money
Sometimes you hear people say; "The
put me In such bad light
made me scowl" Now. If the reader
Till observe the next one hundred people
Q meets on the street be will find two
birds OF them wearing q scowl perhaps
'ithout being aware OF H. They never
nd out they have scowl until they eco
n impression Of tho face, and say tho
photographer has done it.--A Bogardus
, New York World.