Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
THE ART AND PAsTIME
OF PHOTOGRAPHY

tunities for picture making, for the rea-
son that many of us seek pastures
new for the renewing of tired minds
and bodies.
The mountain and seaside resorts
await the coming of the regiments of
Vacationists and afford stimulation TO
the lovers of natural beauty. AS a
rule the former offers a greater variety
of really picturesque subjects, every
hour bringing forth such changes III
aspect of hill and dale as to be a never
ending delight to the dwellers in cities
fortunate enough to escape the deadly
routine of ordinary life for the time
being. To secure an enduring me-
mento of the most pleasing and in
teresting places visited is the mission
of the amateur photographer first of
ALL and few suggestions may not be
unwelcome. Many a beautiful subject
may prove a disappointing picture be-
cause of being photographed at an un-
suitable time; being taken in the morn
ing or at midday, for instance, when
the afternoon or early evening would
have produced far more satisfactory
results. 1t is far better to avoid the
hours between II and 2 o'clock entirely
as the suns attitude prevents those
very important shadows that give re-
lief so essential to really pleasing pic
lures. If some view should take ones
fancy try to observe it at various times
during the day before deciding when
to make an exposure, so often few
hours difference will so change the
lighting that two photographs of the
same landscape taken at the different
times would seem to be of totally diff
ferent places, and one will be a real
picture and the other just an unin-
teresting photograph. AS a rule the
early morning or evening give ones
pictures an idealism most inspiring.
For those who merely use a camera for
pot shooting" anything and every
thing seen at any time may suit them,
but for the striVer after artistic pic
lures to show for their few weeks
commingling with the simple grandeur
of nature the repression of this habit
will be no deprivation. To make snap
shots in intense radiance of midday
of woodland scenery too often results
in pictures of the SCOT and chalk va
riety, whereas careful judgment as to
suitable lighting and exposure will
gladden. the eye with the softness and
graduation of shadow and sunshine.
In our glorious California sunshine
it is not too easy to produce that de-
lightful asset of all good pictures,
atmosphere" but forethought and OBJ
servation will bring their own reward.
color screen will be found of the
landscape work, and full exposures will
materially help in overcoming the spot
tiness resulting therefrom. Except
among trees and other shady places, no
very long exposures need prevent the
camera being used in the land, for
1-5 second to 1-25 second is quite
feasible for open landscapes with dia
phagrm at 16, and the results when
screen is used far surpass non-screened
negatives, especially where the many
varieties of color in trees and hills are
concerned. Running water in brooks
and falls may perhaps be less easy to
catch quickly, but the writer has found
that by setting ones camera on some
solid support, such as a rock or limb
of tree, if no tripod is carried, and
making several quick exposures in sue
cession, ample exposure may be Sc
cured without killing the liveliness of
the moving water.
For instance, suppose one found, by
meter or judgment, that 1-5 second was
required for such a subject, it is a
simple matter to set the shutter at
1-25 second and expose five times, to-
falling the 1-5 second necessary in that
way. Any light motion in trees. etc,
will not be practically visible. If the
camera is provided with one of the
newer anastigmat lenses, often termed
quick" remember that it is only
quicker than the rapid rectilinear lens,
when used with an aperature larger
than the S-stop, and in order to yield
definition over considerable distances
stopping down is just as necessary as
exposures must be just as long as
a