Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-06
BABY'S PHOTOGRAPH.

A Few Hints Whose Observance Will In.
Good Picture.
There is nothing connected with the
art of photography so pleasing to the
artist as successful picture of a pert
little miss or bold, bonnie lad. Chill
dren generally drop into pretty and
graceful poses, something so natural
and life-like that it seems, and is, in
deed, impossible for any artist to i'm
prove. However, no matter how grace
full pose may be, no matter how clever
may be the expression, all may be
spoiled and rendered unartistic by GER
tain arrangements of dress or peculiar
grouping of colors. The patient pho
ographer can not, dare not tell an
amiable mamma to take her bright lit
tie boy home and dress him SO that his
photograph will be a gem of photography
and comfort and pleasure both to
mamma, papa, sisters, cousins, aunts
and other relatives in whole. No; he
must do the best he can with what is
presented. So, kind mamma, or Who
ever is about to bring child to the
photographer. l give few hints. If
you will follow them, that is, so far as
dress is concerned, and will leave the
artist to exercise certain judgment in
you Will be pleased greatly with the re-
suits.
Never dress child in velvets unless
| of light-colored hues. Your bonnie boy
may possess a most elegant green sack;
but the poor artist feels like tearing
his hair-and does when in his dark
room-over the inpossibilities of green
| to come out nicely in the finished pho
| tograph. Large stripes and checks in
fabrics are not artistic. They detract
from the sweet simplicity of the face
and pose, and spoil the picture in gen.
eral. DO not ask the artist to take a
picture of your boy full length when he.
| the boy of course, is dressed in knee
| pants. Boys feet are proverbialy large,
| and they loom up i'm mensely when at
tached to pair of slim legs clad from
| knee to ankle in stockings. Boys gen
orally do not require such striking eff
fects in photography as girls do; so, I'M
less you desire a character picture OF
| Jamie, Joe, Bob, Or what not. dress in
| quiet colors; and there is nothing Sc
betting boy in picture as gray or
very light blues, brown or some such
| mild hues. AS for girls-and
now speak of little totS-you can
not improve your white, soft laces and
graceful clinging folds. Now, when
say this I mean blondes. If your charm
ing tot is brunette. dress her in cream.
colored or dark blue or brown. There
are certain reasons for doing so which
no one but the artist can tell He has
to manipulate certain chemicals accord.
ing to various subjects, and when you
present blonde to him, dressed in
light, he is we'll aware of the good
things he alone knows how to do fol
you. AS for babies in long dresses they
always are in white; but do not worry
too much over its picture: for, if yor
swoop down upon the gentle morse
five or six times in a minute you spoi
the baby's temper and the artists Lei
him alone; he has taken more baby pic
lures than you ever saw, and if he
doesn't bring into play his years O.
knowledge and skill he isn't good art
list. But I can assure you nothing
pleases him like making successful
picture of baby; so. leave him alone
to his own dear task and I'll warran
you he will please you'll. S. Keller
in Ladies' Home Journal