The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-20

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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. l.-Nelya
..a.msn. The photographer of Kiu-
Brothers. ot Honolulu has attracted
much attention I'D san Francisco by his
marvellous photographs. Mr.. NaH-mau
,has been. with his wife. for several
months. al ,ae Ashworth. an apartment
house on Mason street There he hos
established a Workshop and is turning
tout a great many remunerat.ve orders.
He has done much work for the railroad
and transportation companies, the aston
!shing size OF his pictures taking the eye
lof the passenger agents. Mrs. Naniman
has oolored the pictures, and they are
making a good deal OF money. just now
they are on a visit to Southern Califor-
MIA where Mr.. Vaniman will photograph
the scenic wonders.
The Sunday Can gives two pages TO
two If Vaniman's biggest photographs
with a description Of his methods. 1t
was the Advertiser which first gave
prominence TO Vaniman's skill. This was
when he made his clever pictures of Ho-
noluIu Harbor. from the masthead of Il
|! ship. The Advertiser reproduced a pic
II -Ire and encouraged Nauimau TO go on
i'm his cndeavors.
Il The Calls article Is as follows:
! I..sned Co the masthead of a ship, one
/ hundred ana tl.rJy-lye feet above the
/ leayfrg sea. with the wind blowing a
Irregular "-niyer my timbcrS' gale, Melvin
! Naniman. pIugky photographer OF San
| Francisco recently accomplished a trl-
Iumph jan securing the largest and most
! beautiful harbor-Clty view OF Honolulu
| ever obtained. And thereby hangs q tale
that is of interest 10 photographers and
/ iaymcn alike.
! MI Naniman, after years spent in eX-
perimcuting, has reached point in pho
| tOgraphy which has long been StriVen
! for unsuccessfuHy. He has succeeded in
| making continuous panoramic picture
| 20 by - inches in size on one plate. The
/ original sizes of the Illustrations used
| in this article are Is by Is inches The
picture of Honolulu was taken from the
! top of a pole 1O7 feet high.
The other. showing a stretch of city
streets reaching from the Emporium to
! the Hopkins Art Institute, was taken
| from the Leepalmer building. They are
taken on one plate, the camera lenses
having been made from special designs
| in Germany. Until now these large pho-
| tographs have always been taken in Sec
lions and joined together.
| Mr.. Vaniman followed up this method
| and used all of the various panoroma
! cameras. In the joining process all mega
tiveS have to be printed exactly alike,
the same time of exposure, etc, to make
the whole picture perfect. He tried en-
Ilarging small negatives, but found that
unsatisfactory. Then he set about max
ing q camera of his own. finding that no
ordinary one would achieve his object
since then be has been through a maze
of bolts and screws, shutters and lenses,
and has made four cameras.
II took him three weeks 10 make the
first one. and with 81 only two success
rGi pictures We're made, i'm size by 80
inches. Finding these somewhat oefee-
tive. the camera was thrown aside and
r second and larger machine started
This was torn to pieces ar least six
times, but, after much work, with 1T was
made the most artistic photcgraph OF
the famous Pail. near Honolulu. ever
produced. Mrs. Nauman with the eye
OF an artist has COlored this picture.
making il even more beautiful.
The camera used for these photographs
is almost as large as a small trunk. AT
the time of making the picture of the
Pail Captain Magee of the bark Battle
Abbey, then at Honolulu, expressed a de
sire TO accompany Mr.. Naniman up the
rugged cliffs. He had climbed the Andes
and Alps. but had heard from English
travellers Of the Pail, and wanted to try
1t.
He was a heavy man. and the method
employed in ascending the Pail was NOT
calculated to reassure him. The side of
the cliff is covered with tangled vegeta-
ton and shrubs. The climbers made
their toilsome way with large iron
hook secured to the end of ~ rope. This
hook was thrown up as far as possible ,
TO catch hold among the moss and .
shrubs and the explorers would then
puh themselves up by the rope. This
process, oft repeated, brought them al
last TO a. ledge at an elevation Of 800
feet
Here the picture was taken. after some
i.no spent il bringing around the dough
.y captain. who nearly collapsed from his
Eerton~ ia breathing and climbing.
ar. N@umau became known I'm Homo
siJ as tE, "trau-za PHOTOGRAPHER from
.ae aerial methods 90 which me was Oft
"a obliged resort i'm securing his broad
est picture effects. Tn taking "a picture
'f the beach at Waikiki DE ruiIt "a three
oruer-d portable tower thirty feet HI.-.
somewhat like windmill