The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
Arnateurs&
Photography.
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In discussing the question of photo
graphing interiors the Philadelphia
Press says:
A wide angle lens Is not an absolute
necessity in photographing interiors,
but 1t is by far the best kind Of lens to
u.s. Unless tn (. room is very large. or a
han is convenient. the small available
working space curtalls the portion Of
the subject which can be included in
the picture. The camera should be as
near as possible to tbs wall or corner Of
the room. SO as to give good depth and
good perspective, also to make as much
OF your long focus lens II you have no
wide anglo.
I have seen many amateurs In photo
graphing interiors telescope the tripod
20 that the camera stood about three
feet from the floor. This is wrong. A
picture ls supposed TO reproduce the
view of the subject seen with the eye,
and in viewing interiors we do not
stoop two or three feet. The camera
should be at about the heighth Of the
eye.
The lighting Of an interior is almost
rs important as the lighting of q por-
trait II should be from the side and
the back: not, It should be unnecessary
to say, from the front. saw the other
day, however, an Interior made by an
amateur who had pointed his camera
directly toward a brightly lighted vim
dow. He did not use non-halation
plates and the result l need not de-
scribe. Inasmuch as there are some
amateurs apparently who need to be
told, observe that front light In pho
tographlnE interiors is not correct
In interior work the camera should
be placed so that the room is lighted
from the side. also, so that some light
strikes It from the back-dlreetiy be-
hind the camera. The side light gives
roundncss to the objects In the room
and that from the back relieves the
shadows that would otherwise form
and gives more even illumination.
In portrait making we are able tc
move The subject around SO that the
lighting is bound to be right, In inter-
Tor photography. unfortunately, we are
not able to do this; we must accom-
modate ourselves to the stationary
lighting Of the room. For this reason
It sometimes becomes necessary to ex-
pose with the camera pointed directly
toward a window. Where this is the
case the curtains should be pulled
down 80 a. to exclude all light. II the
curtains are not sufficiently dark and
opaque OF Themselves hang dark
cloth over the window and give a very
long exposure. which will give you the
interior Of the room. Cap the camera,
remove the cloth from the window and
expose one second. or Just long enough
10 catch the outdoor scene through tho
window. This viii give you picture
showing both inside and outside cor
rcctly exposed. The slight added ex-
posuFe OF the Interior viii not matter.
The best time to take interior pie
lures IL near the middle OF the day. for
then the sun. as a rule. VIII be too high
TO shine directly in the room. Let no
amateur photograph room with a
pntch Of sunlight on the floor and ex-
poet to reproduce TINT beautiful sun
Hight eNrect. His patch Of sunlight VIII
look ike a little drift Of snow upon
the door and lie will make another
negative,
Tho conventional way 10 make an In
tcrlor is to arrange, or attempt to ar