Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-11
BARY's PHOTOGRAPH.
A Few Hints Whose Observance Will In
 sure . Good Picture.

A Few Hints Whose Observance Will In-
 sure . Good Picture.
 There is nothing connected with the art of photography so pleasing to the artist as successful picture of pert little miss or bold, bonnie lad. Chil- 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 ful a pose may be, no matter how clever may be the expression, all may be spoiled and rendered unartistic by cer- 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 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 Nho- ever is about to bring 0 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 the way of surroundings in the picture, you will be pleased greatly with the re- suits.
 Never dress child in velvets unless of light-colored hues. Your bonnie boy may possess most elegant green sack; but the poor artist feels like tearing | his hair-and does when in his dark l room-over the impossi bilities 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 1 pants. Boys feet are proverbialy large, and they looms up immensely when at tached to a pair of slim legs clad from knee to ankle in stockings. Boys gen. erallY do not require such striking eff feeta in photography as girls do; so, un less you desire a character picture o Jamie, Joe, Bob, or what not, dress ir quiet colors; and there is nothing SC befitting a boy in picture as gray ol very light blues, brown or some suct mild - hues. As for girls-and
 now speak of little tots-you car not improve your white. soft laces ant graceful clinging folds. Now, when
 say this 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 whicl no one but the artist can tell He ha to manipulate certain chemicals accord ing to various subjects, and when yo' present a blonde to him, dressed il light, he is well aware of the goot things he alone knows how to do fo you. As for babies in long dresses the, always are in white; but do not worr, too much over ttS picture; for, if yo1 swoop down upon tho gentle morse five pr six times in minute you spoi the baby's temper and the artists Le him alone; he has taken more baby pic lures than you ever saw, and if b. doesn't bring into play his years' O knowledge and skill he isn't good ari ist. But can assure you nothin pleases him like making a successful picture of baby; so. leave him alon to his own dear task and I'll warran you he will please you'll. s. Keller
 in Ladies' Home Journal