Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-26
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sure Good Picture.

sure Good Picture.
There is nothing connected with the
art of photography SO pleasing to the
artist as a successful picture Of 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 gem of photography
and a 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 a child to the
photographer, ! 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 tho re-
suits.
Never dress a 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 wnen in his dark
room over the imposs! 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
pants Boys feet are proverbialy large,
and they loom up immensely when at
tached to pair of slim legs clad from
knee to ankle in stockings. Boys gem
orally do not require such striking eff
fects in photography as girls do;eso, I'M
less you desire a character picture of
jamie, Joe, Bob, or what not, dress in
quiet colors; and there is nothing so
behtting 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 mean blondes II 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 a blonde TO him, dressed in
light, he is well aware Of the good
things he alone knows how to do for
you. As for babies in long dresses they
always are in white, but do not worry
too much over lis picture; for, il you
swoop down upon the gentle morsel
five or six times in minute you spoil
the baby's temper and the artists Let
him alone; he has taken more baby pic
lures than you ever saw, and II he
doesn't bring into play his years OF
| knowledge and skill he isn't good art.
ist. But l can assure you nothing
pleases him like making successful
| picture of baby; SO. leave him alone
to his own dear task and I'll warrant
you no Will please you'll s Keller,
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