The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-25

| What about the photo business
Well, 1 think there has been more in
terest taken in photos this season than
ever before said Charlie Johnson, re-
lpeating the question propounded to him
l by one of The Herald boys You are
we'll aware of the advance that has
been made in this popular branch of
art during the past few years. What
was once considered a mechanical art
now takes its place as legitimate art,
! and an examination of any of the
magazines will at once make the fact
manifest.
| 1--WE not only have better plates and
| instruments. but we have a number OF
different kinds of paper, and various
new processes not used a few years
ago.
added to these we have an article
which photographers are using to a
greater or lesser extent, and which is
called 'know-how.'
"a man with the same line of ma
teriaIs and a considerable of the know
| how can make a pretty picture of a
| homely girl and get twice the price for
! it. I sometimes think the cheap Pho
| tographers make people look ugly on
purpose for revenge,
What styles most popular? Well,
nine-tenths of the trade now takes the
| mat-surface platino print. 1t has
beautiful black-and-w white tone, pro-
duced by toning it in platinum salt
after it has been already toned with
gold. These are put on various en-
| bossed mounts of gray or tea colored
cardboard, and look very rich and
beautiful. I think the very beauty OF
these have induced many people to use
them for Christmas presents The
regular cabinet size has been almost
relegated to the cheap studios, nearly
all customers choosing larger or
smaller mount the Royal Panel being
very popular.
''Style of pictures? | think the
preference has been for evening dresses
or else for the large hat and plumes.
These, when properly made with a
dark background are very effectlVe.
They are rather difficult to make, how
ever, and l prefer to make them only
from subjects of my own choosing. L
cannot describe what style OF person
is most. suitable, but l can usually tell
in an instant when l see one. 1t is
not necessarily the prettiest girl who
makes the best of these pictures. The
evening waist for bust pictures, with
a tendency to fur-trimmed opera cloahs
has been quite popular
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How about the babies? L do not
wish to discourage the babies OF last
year, but it seems as though we have
had some of the prettiest babies and
little girls this season that ever saw.
1t may be because the babies take TO
mel am sure / love then-and l
never grow tired of seeing their pic
lures, even though you might think L
had had enough of 1t in taking them.
The panels containing from three to
six heads of the same baby or child,
showing various expressions from
grave to gay'-have been unusually
popular for presents to Auntie' or
Grandma
The beautiful 'opals made on milky
white glass or porcelain are popular
presents, and the window TRANSPARENT
cies, although not new, are always
more or less popular, and are. ALWAYS
chaste and elegant Photos mounted
in optical contact with the glass, that
is cemented with the face of the pic
ture to the glass and suspended by
chains and corner clasps are popular.
These look also well on an easel.
@ g g
For picture frames the most popular
is the dainty white-and gold, in mar
row widths, or in delicate florentine de-
signs. The large gilt frames are not
good form, although the narrower
mouldings in gilt are never entirely
abandoned. Frames in natural wood
have their admirers, but are not much
used for holiday trade. The small silver
frames seen in jewelers. windows are
quite popular with those who can af-
ford them, and we are often called to
make photos in sizes to fit these as
we'll as for lockets and watch-cases.
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Theatrical photos? There is a pre-
yailing notion that actresses pose
both actors and actresses, do not
think so. True, in character work they
do. but in the many beautiful photos
used in the magazines the photo
grapher does the work. The advantage
to the photographer is that theatrical
folk are pliable and put themselves into
his hands. Then they usually leave
the entire selection. of the proofs to
him. 1t is a fact that our very finest
and best negatives are often rejected by
regular customers because papa or
mamma objects to have Violet or Gladys
show their shoulders or look like an
actress Or perhaps Violet doesn't like
the shape of her nose or the style of her
hair. In any instance the negative goes
@ G, @
Photography in colors? This is not
what the general public imagines. So
far, the only really successful ones are
photographed in half-tone and printed
in colors on a regular printing press
not made in colors at the time of sit
ting as generally supposed.
g @ @
mo, the kodak fever has not abated,
and many amateurs are purchasing
larger cameras q fitted out lady with
q 10x12 the other day., while the adj
vent of the IS camera has given a new
impetus to it, There have been
thousands of these sold for Christmas
presents The amusement is cheap and
interesting, and adapted to the sexes
alike.
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'I consider photography not only a
beautiful art but a great educator"
VAUDEVILLE.
Light and yet more light to follow,
And the trombone's echoes hollow,
Dipping. rising as a swallow
Dips and falls;
And the song and gibs thereafter,
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