The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

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escorted TO, until the result becomes more
anu more work of art although pro-
uueeu oy means of photography.
1on'erh-siide making also makes its de-
N'a"os IN the winter. While the print can
DC passed from hand to hand, and en-
os rev. good lantern-slide we'll
p'o'ecleo' gives picture that can be en-
oS ana explained to hundreds of peo-
onee. Siide-making, whether by con-
Vi IN the camera. is fascinating work,
ioi those OF sociable tendencies il Of
lers the advantage (when working .con-
snues' at any rate) that it may be
uohe Oh tne parior table in the midst of the
fanny without any fear of damage from
those nasty chemicals" and without need
Ior darkroom precautions. To do this the
less sensitive plates must be used and they
can De worked like the gaslight printing
papers
Nonphotographic lantern slides are
scarcely within my present subject hut
'hey are so useful, and yet so little used.
that few words may he psrdoned. To
make them IT is only necessary to have
glass coated with some opaoue nigment IN
sucn way that IL may be conveniently
u.
perfect coating for the purpose is fine car
bon Clamp black) deposited by holding the
cold glass close over the flames of one or
two candles or bunch of bougies. or over
the chimney of a parafffn lamp. in such
position as to check, but not quite stop the
oraught. 1t is very difficult. however. to
get a dense and even coating by these
means, and even when obtained 1t makes
slide which is very liable to rub So il IS
better to buy diagram slide plates" ready
coated from the lantern dealers, or buy
black matt varnish and coat your own
slides
Pretty combination effects are obtained
by making the picture-slide with a blank
margin, and painting a mask of black
varnish on the cover-glass, on which the
title Of the subject is neatly written and
enclosed in lines to make neat label or
cartouche. Just word of warming against
hard black varnish that will chip and fly
under the needle-point. Tell the dealer
the purpose for which you require it.
The camera need not be idle i'm the win
ter, any more than the printing frame or
the lantern. In the winter days if they
be reasonably light, there are chances of
making charming figure studies indoors,
OF the children, and of such sisters, cousins
and aunts as may be picturesque and amen
able to the amateur picture-maker Then,
If there be snow on the ground, the time
| is ideal for Photographic interiors of
churches, cathedrals, and other dark rooted
! buildings, for the snow reflects light into
the roof, and brings out detail which can
not possibly be photograph with sum-
| mer's lighting.
Still-life subjects, fruit, winter flowers, a
bunch of honesty or pampas grass in suit
able vase, group of books, fans, and pea
| cock feathers or any other OF the thousand
| and-one groupings OF quaint and pretty
things which come under the very elastic
| title of -"still-life'' will afford scope for
much pleasant thought and study.
The camera may also be used much more
freely than 1t generally is, for copying. A
piece of print or manuscript, sheets of
music, drawings and engravings, and many
similar subjects may be multiplied for the
| interest and amusement of friends at a
distance. The photographers other hobby.
| if he has one, or his brothers or sisters,
| whether it be stamp collecting. birds eggs,
butterflies, or botany, may be recorded by
| photography, and the prints will tell so
much more than any description of the
| quality, variety and other conditions of the
/ specimens.
Even out door work in winter has charm
| and advantages. Many views, and es-
| pecially architectural subjects, which are
| masked by the foliage of summer, are at
| their best when the trees are leafless. And
| snowscapes offer to the picture maker some
| of the most fascinating problems in tex
| ture-rendering.
Photography by night, which has been
| rapidly growing in popularity during the
past three or four years, can be best car
| ried on in the winter. When the lights in
| streets and windows are all aglow, the
| camera, on a firm stand, may be placed to
| face picturesque arrangement of lights,
| and an exposure of fifteen to twenty min
| utes, with a medium stop and a (backed)
| plate of medium rapidity will give an in
teresting and to many people surpris-
| ing picture. The effect is always improved
| if there is rain or snow on the ground. to
| reflect the lights and help to illuminate
| slight shadow detail
In conclusion propose to devote few
| lines to the Photographic side of subject.
| which has probably never been sympa-
| thetically treated in a newspaper, and
about which have recently been writing
a little book-the first ever published on
the subject, so tar as I am aware.
Grangerising or extra illustrating is
capable of being made a most valuable
hobby, and the use of photography re-
moves from it the only reproach under
which it has suffered, namely, that it de-
stroyed good books for the sake of their
| engravings Anyone of ordinarily good
education, who will give the necessary
time and patience to the work. can extra
| illustrate a volume or volumes in such 4
way as to make the result worthy of
place amongst the 'uniques" of the British
Museum, or perhaps better still make 1t
one of the most valued treasures of the
public library of his own town. l know of
| no other way in which man can use the
odd scraps and corners of time to build
| lasting monument to his own memory, and
one which shall be benefit TO MS fellows
for years or centuries
The first step is to choose suoJect ana
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