Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-01
PHOTOGRAPHERS WORK.
HOW DEFRA.IDERS ARE AIDED
AND DETECTED BYIT.
Peculiar Effects Produced by Using
Lenses at Different AngIes-The
Wonderful Strides Lately AZ
Made In the Art.

The writer has often been asked
whether photography can lie, and he,
answers in the London It'd Bits. The
TACT that 1T now plays an Important
part In life renders the question rather
a serious one and one that l am cer-
tain many would like to have an
swered. Well. then. photography can
lie and be bad enough to bring blush
to the cheek of the worthiest disciple
of Ananias.
The wonderful strides made by
photography during the past few
years have not only enabled men 10
achieve great things by its aid. but it
has also unfortunately assisted others
to deceive and defraud their fellow.
creatures.
Photography assists the forger in
so closely initiating bank notes as to
deceive the most experienced; but it
also assists the scientist to detect these
forgeries and in some cases. has
aided justice to discover the offender.
An amusing case appeared some
time ago in one of the law courts. 1t
was a dispute between two persons
about a wall. The plaintiff COM
planned that the defendants wall OBJ
structed the light to which he had
right. Defendant denied the charge
The most amusing part of The case.
however, was when the complainant
handed the Judge some photographs
of the obstructing wall. and the Judge
observed that it was evident from
them that the wall certainly did OBJ
struct the light. and was apparently
of unnecessary weight and size.
Then up rose the counsel for the de-
PENDANT and. with a smile. handed to
the learned Judge his photographs OF
the same wall. The learned Judge
was perplexed, and well he might be.
In the first set of photographs the wall
was Of immense size. towering above
all the windows; in second. how
ever it was OF lilliputian dimensions
"a most insignificant thing unworthy
of any dispute.
Fow these different effects can all
be brought about by using lenses of
angles-that Is to say. lenses which
collect and throw more or less
amount of view on plate Of given
dimensions.
A wide angle lens is one that in
! cludes lot of view in picture, and,
as the angle is a long way different to
that of the human eye. the picture in
no way gives correct representation
of the scene.
Readers should beware of house
agents photographs of the houses and
property they have for disposal. They
are nearly all taken with Il wide angle
lens. With such an instrument it is
possible to make a small London back
garden resemble large open park.
The reason is that it causes all objects
near at hand to appear very large.
and those little distance away to re-
cede far away in the background.
The writer had in his possession a
photograph of a man playing chess
with himself and looking on at the
, game. There were, of course three
figures in the picture but all of the
same person in different positions.
The writer used to do something
similar to this when making long
panoramic views. A little slit runs
along the sensitive plate and makes
the exposure, and it is quite possible
to include the same person in the pic
ture in dozen different places and in
different attitudes.
BY photographing three persons ar
ranged between two mirrors placed in
/ position thus A, a photograph will
! be produced of thousands and thou.
sands of persons crowded close to-
gether
! Spirit photography Is another form
of deception. Photographs are made
of sitter with figure leaning over
him. The figure reti:es when the
/ exposure is half over and thus has a
misty weird appearance in the pic
| ture.
BY composite photography almost
anything can be done. This is &C.
complished by cutting out different
parts Of several photographs, arrang.
ing them together and rephotograph-
ing them.
The society lady when she goes to
her photographer would be Mortified
If she were to see her photograph as
it is first produced by photography.
The negative is, however. placed 10
the hands OF the retouching artist
whose duty it is to take out all the
wrinkles spots and blotches in the
face make tho mouth a little smaller.
the eyes brighter. and perhaps the
eyebrows bit darker and the nose a
bit shorter. Large Jumps are then
carved out OF the waist and the figure
otherwise improved
When the finished portrait is handed
over to her ladyship shc is charmed
with it. Perhaps the appearance lie
not exactly the same ne that shown
by her looking glass but she consoles
herself with the reelection that pno-
Biography can not lie--oh. dear. no;
impossible!
Keeping the Real Name Untnrnished.
Youno Author-I am thinking nj