Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06
MEN WHO PUSH THE BUTTON
Amateurs Who Catch the Shadows as
They Fly.
SOME OBSERVATIONS OF A LOCAL ARTIST
Work and Material TINT is Required
in Photography Progress
Made in the Art
Snap Shots.
SOME OBSERVATIONS OF A LOCAL ARTIST

But a few years ago an amateur photog-
rapher was known as a person who had a
kodak with roll of film in it, string to
pull, a button to push and the factory or
professional photographer did the rest. To-
day this class is called the "button pushers.' y
What does the amateur of today do and OF
what does his apparatus consist? Il Will
explain what saw, by special invitation, a
few days ago." said local enthusiast.
81 called on one of our local amateurs
and spent several pleasant hours in his
private studio. One of the first things
observed was that he kept his rooms locked
and no one had a key to them but himself
and he allowed no one in there unless he
was with them. He said that every minute
OF his time that he was not with his family
or at his business he spent in those rooms
reading, developing, toning or experiment
ing with some new formula. While l was
there he allowed me to take an inventory of
what he had, and he told me what every
thing was used for. One of the first things
that caught my eye was his library of photo
graphic literature.
There must have been 800 books by as
many different authors, besides the many
and modern Next was his collection OF
pictures which he has made within the last
twelve years since he first got enthused
with the art. The walls of his studio were
covered with them. There are views OF
every description as well as many portraits
OF his family and friends. Besides the
pictures on the walls he has five albums
filled with the smaller pictures mounted in
neat style. The next thing he showed me
was the register book of negatives This
book dates back twelve years and when he
wishes to find a negative he simply looks at
the index for the subject and number OF the
page. For instance, h. finds October r.
1884 negative No. "a, Farnam street looking
east from Eighteenth then he goes to the
negative case, which is an old
bookcase transformed into a negative rack
with pgeonholes in numerical order and
with each negative enclosed in what Is called
a negative proseryer, which is a neat fiat
MANILA paper sack with three lines printed
on the outside on which Is written number
name and subject. He showed me this par
ticular negative, which was as perfect as the
day 1t was made. Then he took mp album
No / and turned to picture "a, which. sure
enough, was Farnam street as 1t looked
twelve years ago.
PRESERVE PLEASANT MEMORIES.
when he showed me this 1t made my
heart ache, and ! said, How foolish | have
been, wasting my time all these years when
| might have been an amateur photographer
myself and had something like this to recall
pleasant memories OF the past have tray
eled a great deal and have seen some OF the
most beautiful scenery in this and other
countries and have nothing to remember II
by but a faint recollection
The next thing TO Inspect was his appara-
tus, each article OF which he keeps In a
neat case. The first was n small pocket
camera for small snap shots. Next wss a
ix5 folding hand camera Of modern make and
style, with glass plate holders and an
extra film attachment which holds roll OF
100 or less exposures. The lens Is OF the
rapid. rectilineRr style, OF fine quality The
shutter is OF the latest pattern and the
tripod Is a three joint and folds into length
OF six cen inches and weighs only six ounces.