The morning call., 1892-08-29
rowing SNAP SHOOTERS.
Camera Club Photographers
Have an Outing.
FUN, FR0LN, MOSQUITOES.
Marin County Cows Have Their Pictures
Taken-A Jolly Party's Trials and
Tribulations on Ignacio Creek.

NOIulus uuu edCH CdITieu Snapshot
camera.
They attracted attention. and upon in
quiry it was ascertained that they were
members of the California Camera Club,
some twenty odd. bound for Ignacio, sta
tloD some 10 miles above San Rafael, where
they were going to enjoy competitive out
ing.
a competitive outing in amateur pho
tographer's parlance means to ordinary NOR
tails that they were all going to take pie
lures, aud that prizes were to be given to
the best three photographs secured during
the day.
The prizes in this case consisted in photo
graphic material and lense. The last was
the most coveted prize of the three. =;
w. j. Street had charge of the excursion,
and there is every reason to believe that
many times during the day he wished he
had not taken the contract r..
III lie is not hanged in effigy at the next
club meeting 1t will be due solely to the
spirit OF forgiveness which prevails so
LARGELY among the GENERATES.
Among all the places on earth Mr.. Street
could hardly have found one less suitable
Tor an excursion such as he was the leader
OF than lgnaeiO proved to be. - >'1
IL Is moSQulto-stTlken, dusty, hot and un-
attractive. There is absolutely no accom-
modatlon 10 be had for love or money, and its
only shady portion, the creek bottom. is
luIi OF poison oak, nettles, ants and gnats.
FOR photographer 1t has the addition al
laut OF not Offering chance for snap shots
1t being utterly void of Picturesque scenery
or attractive objects ii:
The train which connected at Tiburon
with the BOAT that left San Francisco at 8
A. NJ met with an accident near Greenbrae.
The coupling which attached the express
ear 10 the engine broke and. after over a
half hours delay an improvised coupling
was made, sufficient to pull the train as far
as San Rafael where nearly another halt
hour was lost on account Of that break
When the Camera Club crowd got out on
the little station platform at Ignacio they at
once displayed much activity in getting
their apparatus in shape, and shOuldering
thelr kOdaks and other machines they
wandered down dusty road in single file,
ready TO commence operations at the first
opportunity. =.
But no opportunity offered itself for a
long time, until DIR. w. a. Dewey became
desperate. Bound to secure some picture
he took snap shot at the party.
The direction taken was toward Ignaeio
Creek, little riyulet hich winds lis way
In peculiarly crooked manner from the
hills OF Marin toward the bay.
The nearer the snapshOOteTs came to that
creek the more numerous became the mos
qultoes and also the larger the latter seemed
TO grow. So :
Marin County mosquitoes are immense.
They are in every way the superior of their
famous jersey brethren.
They actually raised 5listers on the lenses
OF the suffering photographers and bored
holes through their dry plates.
Besides THAI they came near spelling the
go0u humOr that prevailed in the party,
In a shady nook % halt was made and
seeing no other chance for cupa;ion'
luncheon was had. - .-~l -.
1t WAS a very jolly meal. and in spite of
the peszy insects the walk to the creek had
sharpened the appetites, and the party was
composed OF llght-hearted people. full of
fun.
c. a. Adams. who acted as funmaker-in-
chief. was ably assisted by Miss NJ. E. Vau-
compre, whose motto is that everything is
jolly, and whose only care in life is 10 hay
eople spell and pronounce her name ct,r-
Tectiy, which. seeing that it is French, with
an accent clrcumtleX on the last letter is
almost an impossibility to most of them.
Miss Laura Tieroff, Miss Elsie Leai, Mrs.
w Is. Webster, Mrs. j. {. Street Miss
Jessie Banks, Miss Green, Miss Pryor and
Mesdames Green and Leale also were in
their happieSt mood and quite willing to
take matters good-naturediy, in site of ali
the drawbacks Mr.. Streets unfortunate
selection Of LEGALITY offered.
After luncheon the party scattered in
groups TO g and lock for subjects TO take
snap shots at. -
DIR. Dewey and George Mcconnell started
out hrst. and it was wonderful TO see how
lndustrlouSly they worked in searching for
creek studies, tree studies. rock Studies or
every other kind of studies.
Alas! Mosquitoes were the only studies
found.
Another group composed Of II. c. Owens.
William Gllchrist, w. b. Webster and a
couple OF ladies, had no better luck
They all took few shots, but the chances
that ODfV ( nflph nlofoc ,i,o T.
Fred Schwerln, {. A. Close. c. r. Demp-
steT, 1. L. Andrews, H. Il. Hosmer, c. A.
Adams and all the ladies 10 the crowd pa
trolled that creek and It's surroundings un-
der many difficulties for miles,
They lugged their cameras and tripods
for long distance in the sun and through
the brush, ever and anon climbing fences.
feat which was at first quite embarrassing
20 the ladies, but which they soon learned
to perform dexterously.
But there were no studies TO be found.
With every new welt misehievous mos
quito managed to raise on some ones neck
face or hand the Indignation of the Camera
ties grew until they resolved not TO procee q
any further ia what seemed to be a vain
ana foolish search. :
1t was then that everybody looked for
Street, the unfortunate leader OF the dis
appointed party.
But Street wisely had taken time by the
foreloek, and, anticipating stormy weather.
had sought shelter lie could not be found
by his victims and 1t was lucky for him that
he had fled, for the snap-shooters one and
all had vowed vengeanee.
"Oh, there are cows!' one OF the fair ex-
curslonlsts cried suddenly, discovering a
herd peacefully grazing at distance.
Lets take shot at them," shouted the
whole army OF photographers. and. forgets
ting all their ehagrin. they started after the
unsuspecting animals.
The little herd was carefully surrounded
and driven toward big tree, which fur
nished the background for the pictures
which were taken when the cows had been
placed In the right position.
Then followed such a wholesale snan-
shooting at shOrthorns, Holsteins, JERSEYS
and other cows as was never known before,
Everybody took them in groups, sngly.
standing, lying and moving
The cows did not seem 10 mind it bit,
either, they seemed to be rather flattered by
having so much attention showed them, and
they looked as IL they wanted their picture
taken, and were glad to have that oppor-
tunity right there on their own ground.
The chance the party had at these cows
restored all the good feeling the creek tramp
had destroyed, and when they again assem-
bled to rest. banter. laughter and hilarity
was once more the programme
1t Is true the ladies dolefully regarded
their torn habits, and uttered unkind re-
marks about the still absent Street, but
wy uiu hoe WONA ah1 duu everybody
knew they were only joking.
"A little later some one discovered dairy
farm, and raid was made on the fresh cold
milk. pans full OF which were rapidly con-
sumed. When their old friends. the cows.
came home to be MIXED. the camera artists
photographed them all over agaiu until
there was not q plate left in the crowd.
The three prizes for the competitive out
ing will be won by cow pictures
All the other pictures procured during
this outing will also have bovine studies for
their subject.
Every member of the Camera CLUB present
at that outing learned more about animal
photography yesterday than he will ever
learn again in one day, especially as far as
cows are concerned.
When there was no more milk In the
dairy and no more dry plates in the possess
sion of The artists the train arriued q IA tLa