Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-12-27
AN OLD PHOTOGRAPHER.
VETERAN BOGARDUS WRITES ABOUT
SECRETS OF TIE TRADE.

ton of Colors
1t required work. money and time and
great quantities of il. to bring photog
raphy up to its present standard. it re
quired the combined intellect of the best
chemists and the best manipuiators ii
required the finest mechanism to construct
the necessary apparatus and it required
great care. taste skill judgment and ex
perience to make good picture
One man will excel in lighting and pos
ing and perhaps is not successful with
the chemical part another is good with
the chemicals but cannot pose or light
the sitter another is perfect with the
mechanical part and cannot pose to sal
isfaCtion or use the chemicals TO produce
good work few men combine all The
sitter sees nor knows but very little of ali
this He thinks if he looks his best and
gives up his most agreeable expression
that is all there is 10 Ue done II he
would go with me into the dark room and
see the care necessary TO develop the neg
alive in the dark 10 bring the whites so
they will print black and the blacks so
as to print white, and yet leave all the
half tones he would soon be enlightened
that the smile of the sitter" was but d
very small part Of the operation
Oh, but. you say see how well anna
teurs are doing Granted But remem
Der all the work OF the operation has been
simpiided 1t was not 50 simple to men
who worked with hand and train to
simplify it Again the amateur does not
have TO prepare his chemical plate ii can
be bought already coated The careless
amateur vii. 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
on beautiful country seat When The
plate was developed house. man and
monkey were somewhat mixed the head
of the olgan grinder coming out OF the
chimney and the monkey pcrChed on the
head OF the lady OF the house who had
so carefully struck all attitude on the
piazza More plates spoiled by careless
working than by bad chemicals. has
passed into a saying III the fraternity
photographer sees many little his
tories young gentleman has some
pictures Soon after Oashful young
lady calls and showing one OF his pictures
wishes hers taken tie same size and
style We understand the situation
Before long the u0W bride IS taken in her
bridal dress Next the baby III its long
dress then IN it, short dress In the
course Of time IN his lrst pants then IL
his uniform a. DC comes home from
boarding school soon II that most i'm
portaHt period " bis young life when he
attempts his first u-ustache at college
And then hC brings his best girl and so
on III regular progression from generation
to generation
Many sltters spoil shat would other
wise have been a good picture 10y irving
to put on an expression Try to look
like Yourself is the best advice can
give One looks too cross the next smiles
toe much a Mss from the country
brought her lover for . picture Now
said She Josh kinder smte and k!ude,
not That Vas about a. sensible advice
as | ever heard gwen after over forty
years N making faces Photography hus
been called Justice without mercy bul
by retuuchua the sitter can be made tC
look much Younger than is real Retouch
ing the negative Is d2ne IN dark room
with a SUai opening IN q frame that GOV
ers The WINDOW fte .rIra-ztive Is placed
over tins small opening and the work
man by the Use ot pencil. and brush re
Il.
can remove all trowus and lines Thus
the prints are Deauttded and sometimes
improved But III many instances the re
TOUGHER does toe much by taking out all
the character Of The face People wishing
a true likeness never wish this done
Others DO It depends very mach on the
age of the sitter have lad people IS
and 70 years old ask Can you take my
likeness without showing any wrinkles
The answer always Is Yes but where
will the likeness beY' Many many com
plants have had of the picture looking
too old and but very few instances of it,
being pronounced too young | rememUaI
several Instances where the parties eN
acted a promise 10 break the plate after
Que 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 hOnoriug me with their patronage
always considered sacred All kinds OF
persuaslons are made 10y young men to gel
the pictures OF pretty young ladies'
VII, the colors ever be photographer
Well. in these days OF wonders we are
hardly surprised at anything Electricity
had long been known and used for vari
Gus purposes bul il remained for Morse
to send II whispering around the world
and photography has made rapid strides
and some mind more fertile than others
may produce the cOiJrs but ali attempts
by the best chemists of the world have
not been successfui thus far
Several claims have been made but on
investigating have been found false
About tue year 1850 a man named Hill OF
Catskill. \ Y claimed to be able to
daguerreotype The colors OF course. it
was great secret All the daguerreo
typists Immediately suffered from color
on the brain a meeting was called at
the gallery OF Nj Lawrence to inves
tigate 1t was decided TO send com
mittee to Catskill with money TO buy the
wonder but he could not show anything
satisfactory
Photography has been disgraced by the
making Of pictures unfit to be shown
among intelligent and virtuous people
1t has been used TO crafty the lowest
and most Gepraved tastes and although
there is law against the production OF
such pictures yet they are produced III
this city in places unknown to the public
and have been made in galleries bearing a
fair reputation and by men contemplate
enough to do anything for money
sometimes you hear people say The
photographer put ne in such bad light
it made me scowl Now. if the reader
will observe the next one hundred people
he meets on the street he will find two
thirds of them wearing a scowl perhaps
without being aware Of it They never
find out they have scow until they see
an impression Of the face. and say the
photograp her has done it.-A Borardus