The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-06
THE COLORS
OF NATURE
Just How They May Be
Photographed.
HAWAlI'S ADVANThC
Frederick J. Behre Comes From
San Francisco TO Make Ex-
periments in Honolulu.

Frederick J. Behre OF San Francisco
arrived on the Australia and will soon
commence experiments in color pho
Biography believing that the air and
hgnt conditions are better here than in
most parts OF the United States. Mr..
Behre has made "A study of photograph
ing in coloIs, both from nature and art,
and has been quite successful on the
Coast with his impressions of tints and
shades.
said the gentleman yesterday to an
Advertiser reporter. II want to make
the attempt to photograph landscapes
In colors. III / can do that l believe l
have reached a point where color pho
Biography can be said to be entirely
successful In most of the states the
air is too slow, that Is exposures have
TO be made for such length of time
that success weighs in the balance.
From FIVE minutes to- half an hour is
/ required. The time Is too varying. In
Hawaii the air is much quicker, being
very clear. the islands being in the
/ middle of the ocean. This makes the
air rapid" according to an artists
vocabulary.
/ II don't believe We can ever take In
Simultaneous color photographs. IL We
can accomplish that feat. photography
will have reached its height. In Ha-
wall / believe this will be more nearly
accomplished than i'm any other place
1t II impossible To take photographs
In cOlOrs directly. as the exposures have
20 be made for the space OF half ar
hour. and three negatives are neces
sary."
MIR. Behre II an exponent of artist,
photography as applied to colors anC
.inting. He says Honolulu is the seconC
place where the color process with
which he has been identified since 4
was discovered by accident few year.
iagO. will be given a trial.
The process of photographing in col
ors II by means OF negatives re-sensit
lied For instance. take picture Of al
, old California mission which has tn
prevailing colors of yellow for tn
walls, red for the tiled roof. and blu
for the sky. The green OF the trees 1
Of course a combination of yellow an
blue. Yellow, red and blue are tn
primary colors Of all shades. Dry
plates. re-sensitized are used in pho
tographing this Mission picture. Tn
first negative is taken through yelloV
screen which Obliterates the othe
colors: the second through re
one and the third through a blu
one. In the first negative plat
the yellow came out very strongl
!. while the other two predominant color
; were naturally dim. and so on. Thes
!, negatives are separatively produced q
% steel plates and placed in the priutin
press I'm regular order. The copy, {
. paper. would thus go through the pres
only three times and would come OF
an exact duplicate OF the original COLI
= sketch. Not only is the yellow. the re
blue and green brought out. but ever
1 varying shade Is produced as well.
one OF Mr.. Behre's finest pieces
color photography from nature Is TIN
OF a glass bowl OF olives. The produ
ton shows the natural olive color
bold relief while the light and dark e
fects of the glass are plainly and de-
e cately shown.
~ The process which Mr.. Behre propo
A. es 10 introduce here requires a speci
=. lot OF machinery. which will inclu
= half-tOning plates and preparation
printing machinery. and a special Gu
- ting apparatus used i'm relief printil
work.
MIR. Behre Is at work In an effort
get up a system or process by viii
10 all three negatives can be taken at on
". and thus save time. 1t has been SUI
of gested that the three negatives be Ia
en- by the use of one focus and usi
two prisms for the two outside neg
tives. Mr.. Behre will make ex.e
ments with this method. and IL possil
endeavor to bring the photographing
persons in colors as near perfection
y possible.
~ Mr.. Behre came to Honolulu at [
q. seeS'iVt, VI - ., """aHiS' 'ie i'
IA veteran photographer.