The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15
ADVICE TO LOCAL
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Samples OF Good Work in Ha-
waii PriGted in Camera
Craft"

Among the leading articles in the
september number OF Camera Craft.
IL one entitled Dainty Bits from Ha-
WALL" by G. u. Gregory. and finely IL
lustrated with engravings from photo
graphs by Prof. ~. w. Henshaw OF the
Smithsonian Institute. The article will
be OF interest 70 all amateur photog-
raphers OF the Islands and Is repro
duced In full as follows:
The accompanying illustrations rem
resent the work OF n man whom I es-
TEEN ns one Of the few photographers
born with a latent talent FOR procuring
artistic effects from nature. He Is
I Professor m. W. Henshaw OF the
Smithsonian Institute. now soiourning
in The Hawaiian Islands FOR rest and
health.
/ The pictures herewith presented are
but "a few 81 hundreds made by him
during the past two years. Every one
% them besreaks she warmth and glow
N the Sandwich Islands and the skill
ful touch % the artist IS visible in
them all. The ore dominant trait in
this photographer Is caution. From his
method the rough and ready amateurs
OF California could gain much profit.
Hardly n week passes In California
but what the same conditions portray
cd by Professor Henshaw comes to
pass. Then. why IL IL that we see so
few pictures speaking and breathing
the giories OF California? II Is simply
a lack Of 'aution on the part Of the
average run OF photographers.
While the average amateur will
spend n dozen plates in one afternoon
I have known Professor Henshaw 70
return from n ten-mile jaunt without
an exposed plate. There IL where eau
ton enters into the composition Of good
photographs. The faculty OF keeping
the shutter closed until the right condi-
lions are found Is not possessed by ev-
cry one. and is not encouraged by the
usual adviser OF the amateur. the sup
lpiy dealer. There have been occasions
when Professor Henshaw waited for
, days and weeks for the right condi-
lions Ia. occur before making his ex-
posures. nut when his negative was de-
! lveioped u needed no doctoring or dodg-
ing.
a peculiarly striking feature OF thi:
7 photorrapher's work Is the absence 81
every Objectionable feature from hi,
picture. This popularity Is due 20 thu
manner In which he moves his TRIPOD
from place 20 place until the end Il
! satisfaction 90 both himself and future
critics OF the finished print Here agar
, caution enters In the art OF pictur'
making.
: The wonderful clearness OF the at
! lmosphere IN the Islands is at once tn
J. Joy and despair Of the average photog
rapher. At times the multitude OF de
tail that crceps into the picture render
r "a almost machine-likc IN Its regularit,
= Of outline. while the suggestion OF dis
I. lance r. absolutely lost. This objec
> tionabie feature IL eliminated fror
many OF Professor Henshaw's picture
BY the selection Of the late afternoon n
y his favorite time for exposure. I hav
q one negative made by him which cam
n near being consigned 20 the dust-pll'
lr yet value II more than any other. be
cause Of its soft. twilight effect. IL
"A the view 81 the fishing village. with IN
;. boat In the foreground. The negativ
10 was n trine under-exposed and out {
q focus but these faults but add TO N
~ value Of the picture. In my sight.
In conclusion. let US not be too hast
In making our exposures. and let I
tNoilow the doctrine set forth by hi
~ Nhosc work furnishes the excuse q
= thNec lines:
4 Take plenty Of time do not rus
and remember that ore good pictui
70 IL worth a thousand hurried expo
l' ures."