Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-11-08

q long time to get satisfactory photo graph in this instance.
 For the reason that horses cannot oe kept long enough in pose for time exposure work, we are obliged 10 make all our photographs from snap shots taken in bright sunshine. For this con- sidera5ion midsummer would be the very best time to get good horse pie lures were it not for the winged annoy- ances of which have just spoken. You see that in order to bring out the tex ture and gloss of the coat properly, the ieht must be strong and clear. If it is not, it may be possible to get a picture showing the outlines of the horse with out much trouble, but all the sheen of a well-groomed animals hair will be miss ing and the picture will come out dull and unsatisfactory In the early spring the atmosphere is generally too full of moisture to get satisfactory light, and so, all things considered the weeks of September and October and early No Venber are the very best for photo graphing horses.
 Sometimes horse owners are unrea. sonable about the photographs of their pets, and in fact, that is one of the chief reasons why we have to charge what sometimes seem to be exorbitant prices. Some horses are high in front and some the reverse. That is, they may be an inch or two, sometimes three inches taller, on their front legs than on their hind legs, and this may be never noticed by the owner until the horse is photographed, We try to offset such peculiarities of build by placing our cameras well to the front in case the horse is high behind, and to the rear in opposite instance, so as to get the help of the perspective in the production of symmetrical picture We have a good deal of trouble, too, when we are asked to photograph horses in particular places, say in front of the owners house or stable, or in a park. You see the background in such a case is likely to come out as strong in the picture as the horse, and owners are rarely satisfied in such cases. I took photograph once of Col. Lawrence Kip's team, Emolita and Mambrino Belle. It was excellent so far as the pose of the team were concerned. but the lines of the house and stable in the background were altogether too strong to suit Col. Kip. In line or wash drawing from this photograph, these background lines could be weakened. but not in the photograph. These horses, by the way, posed naturally, about as satisfactorily as any I have taken. There are some horses who seem to understand that you are desir- ops of getting them in graceful pose and to be determined not to gratify you. Occasionally I have had an ugly brute to photograph, and on one or two oc- easions I have been obliged to get over the fence and out of reach of a eharg- ing horse in great haste.
 "Among the pictures I have given you is one of Robert J. with a record of 2:01%. Robert J's' owner was extreme ly anxious to have this photograph q perfect photograph of his speedy nag. You will see that the beast is 'over- kneed.' and this is the characteristic that was most strenuously desired to bring out. As a rule, owners are anx- ious to conceal any such defects in the pictures of their favorites, and some times we have great deal of trouble from this cause, but Robert J's' owner wished the bad-loolSing knees to show very plainly, and had to make several attempts before scored perfect sue cess"