New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
Your Daughters Vocaffon
If You Find 1t Hard to Support Her Camera.
Why Not Let the Camera Support Her!
By Mary Marshall,

, In position of this sort you should be
content 10 let your daughter work for small
wages Sixteen or twenty dollars month
for the FIRST few months, or even less, would
probably be all that she would be worth.
One Of the most successful women pho
tographers in New York City. after study
ing the principles of portraiture in a con-
vent school, where she received her edu-
cation, worked for five years under noted
New York photographer, and thus learned
every detail in the. practical administration
OF a Photographic establishment.
A second way to learn the mysteries OF
photography is the home way. While this
does not afford so thorough professional
training. it is IN many cases the only pos
sible way.
One woman who. a decade or so ago.
made name for herself in portrait photo
graphs of celebrated men and women was
ertirely self-taught. A glazed chicken
house served for her studio, and an ad-
Joining coal house was her dark room
Nowadays the methods of Photography
have been so greatly simplfed that almost
any room provided with running water
would serve for the home photographer
workroom.
The third way TO study photography'-and
probably the pleasantest-is IN school In
several Of the schools of industrial art SUCH
as are found in the large cities. courses
in photography are given. Several Of the
womens colleges offer short practical
courses in photography, and the summer
schools connected with many OF the large
universities also offer excellent facilities for
the study and practice Of Photography
typical course of this sort. given In one OF
the large technical schools, includes le'
sessions OF two hours each. The cost o'
the course is about $50
Grounded in any of these three ways,
there are many possible openings for the
woman photographer. II she has had
practical training in a city studio, she
may prefer to remain in the employ OF
photographer with a steady salary or W
to $50 a week, or, II, in addition to good
business ability, she has some aVaHab'e
capital. she might follow in the footsteps
OF the dozen or so prominent women pho-
tographers whose names now stand out al
independent photographers owning ana run
ming their own establishments.
With very small capital a young woman
might start out in a small town or a sum
mer resort. One young woman, whose ohiy
training had been gained through her own
efforts at home opened a small studio IN
the loft OF an unused stable-quarters lor
which she had to pay only s. month. one
put up attractive signs and sent circulars
to a mailing list of five hundred oil the
most prominent people in the town-a to"h
OF about 5000 population. IL was the nov
eltv Of having young woman take photo
graphs and the quaininess or the lott SUI
dio. as we'll as the real ability that tne
young woman possessed, that brought i'h'
|. mediate success to the new business. Aiter
the first two or three months this youns
woman had a fairly well paying business
and now she is sure OF a net income Oh
over 81 900 a year-which compares faVor-
ably with the earnings OF other young woni-
en- in the same town.
Photographng the exteriors and interiors
of houses became the vocation Of one wem-
an photographer She began in newly
opened suburb OF New York City, whefe
practically every ore was glad to have
fet Of half dozen views OF her house.
Now. with the aid OF the solicitor who goes
the rounds OF the various suburban reso"'
of New York City in advance of the pno-
tographer. she is kept busy taking p'ctufe
of suburban houses. Photographing pew
horses. cats, dogs and even birds-for theR
owners keeps another young woman ous!'
In one favorite summer resort an apo
woman photographer nets good income
from artistic dinner cards, postal caros'
dance orders and souvenir booklets oeco-
rated with photographs OF local interest
Copyright. 1912 by Mary Marshall,