The Washington times., 1902-05-25
Scenes Around Washington
That Appeal Not Only TO
the Lover of Nature But 10
the Artistic SouI-Views That
Change With the Hour and
the Sky. II X = *

The camera season has fully opened.
One can hardly walk a square of our
city streets without meeting some one
carrying camera. The street cars,
and especially those reaching out into
the suburbs. are carrying many came
rists of different ages and different
grades of Photographic experience and
expertness, all intent upon securing
some OF the many attractive pictures
within a short distance of Washington.
This section Of the country is abun-
dant in choice bits of quiet landscapes
well adapted for picture making by pho
Biography. To those who are accustom-
ed TO life in the country where the
gray mountain peaks can be seen above
the timber line. the horizon lines of
this fat or mildly rolling country may
seem to lack in attractiveness, but the
best artisan is he who makes the best
product possible from the material at
hand, and the rule is also applicable to
artists
To those who have but little time at
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year there is much that will interest
them in the river front, and that is
nasily accessible from all parts of the
city. and the time required in getting
to such a point is within the disposal
of many who, so far as known, have
not turned their attention TO this field
of picture making.
An illustration of the variety of pic
lures that can be obtained along the
river front was furnished to the Wash
ington camera workers by L. NJ. Nc
Cormick, at one time member of the
Capital Camera Club. Mr.. Mccormick
had but little time at his disposal, but
used the time after Office hours in maxi
ing pictures along the river front be-
tween the arsenal and Georgetown. and
succeeded under conditions that would
have discouraged many a less enthusias-
tic amateur in securing some choice sun
set pictures in which the boats at the
wharves or the old warehouses on the
river banks are strongly contrasted
against sky with such an effect of eve
ming that the fact that the picture, was
made so near at hand did not enter into
the sensation of the beholder. The picto-
rial effects were so strongly presented
that the admiration of the picture eff
fectually drowned any desire to know
where the picture was made.
If those in search of pictorial subjects
have a few hours at their disposal. a
trip up the river in the direction of
Cabin John Bridge Will be found full
OF interest. The day should be cloudy
one for the best pictorial effects, and
the camera should be a light one, for
there is walking ahead. and nothing
gains in weight with such an increas-
ing rapidity as a Photographic outfit
after the first mile or two has been
tramped.
In Georgetown there is much of picto-
rial and historic interest. The homes of
Georgetown will furnish an abundance
of work for those who are interested in
architectural subjects, and there are
many homes in this quaint old town with
history that reaches back to the time
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and the streets were ungraded and un-
paved.
Down on Water Street. near Thirty
second Street, is the Oldest part of
Georgetown, and the buildings on the
north side of the street were standing
IL the days of Washington in whose
honor our Capital City was named. Just
across the street is the river, and it is
near this point that the old ferry, which
connected Georgetown with Mason's ISL
and and the Virginia shore was To-
Gated. The buildings referred to have
been remodeled TO keep pace with the |
changes in the grades OF the streets. |
and the different uses for which the /
buildings have been occupied since the |
days when Water Street was the center |
OF a busy trading section, and ships |
from the West Indies unloaded their |
cargoes at the wharyes then located at .
this point Of the river.
Near these interesting buildings, II