The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-11
COLOR PHOTOS
BY FLASHLICHT
Photographers Club Sees Fem.
Onstration of New Process
MIR. Ackerman's Lecture on
Home POrtraiture a Treat

Home P0rtraiture a Treat
The latest thing in photographs
camera, plate. a flash Of light and
then portrait in full colors-was
demonstrated last night before the
Photographers Club Of Bridgeport. at
the handsome new studio of John P.
Haley at 45s State street, helping.
with other features, to make the
meeting the most interesting ever
held by this enterprising group OF
local photo enthusiasts
Mayor Wilson was the first subject
for colored picture, and before he
left the gathering, the finished pic
ture was presented to him by it's
maker, Mr.. Haley, and the color por-
trait. which is a splendid likeness OF
the mayor. and perfect in every color
detail, was on the mayors desk at the
city hall this morning
Another very delightful feature Of
the meeting was an exhibition of eat
Home" portraiture by the most fam
Gus Photographic artists Of the coun-
try. Some Of their successful work
was shown by means of the stereop-
ticon, and accompanied by an explain
atory lecture and Photographic experi-
ments by Carl Alderman Of New
York. editor and publisher Of the
Photographic News. and one Of the
chief boosters and prime favorites of
the Photo Club Of Bridgeport.
This was the first meeting Of the
club to be held in Mr. Haley's beauti.
which he recently moved from his
former location on Broad street, and
the visiting photographers could not
sufficiently admire the tasteful and
attractive arrangement Of the studio,
which is equipped with every photo
graphic possibility and is the last
word in studio construction. As an
evidence of their good wishes and ap-
probation. the other members Of the
club presented Mr.. Haley with a
handsome floral horseshoe, the pres
entation speech being made by Pres
ident VIM. e. Seerey. who expressed
the clubs wishes for Mr.. Haley's sue
cess. Then Mr.. Haley was given the
photo "yeI," which runs something
like this:
"Hypo, pyro, rah, rah rah!
Photo Club of Bridgeport, Ha, ha, ha!
Shutterr'
To the uninitiated it may be ex-
planned that hypo and pyro to a
photographer. are the two necessities
of life.
Color photography was the principal
topic of the evening, and when the
visiting photographers arrived at the
Haley studio they found awaiting
them an exhibition Of color photo
graphs containing specimens Of extra
ordinary beauty, which gave an idea
OF the scope Of this latest and most
While the biggest exhibitor was DR..
Arnold Gentle Of New York. a famous
color photographer who makes q spe-
cia!ty OF this branch, great interest
centered In the Bridgeport exhibits,
particularly the work Of William I.
Starr, who was a pioneer In this field
In Bridgeport, though an amateur.
and some of his portraits were the
most striking in the collection. An
other Bridgeport exhibitor whose work
was greatly admired was Richard j.
Wynkoop. and last but not least, the
host Of the evening. Mr.. Haley, who
mas taken up color work with enthu-
Der Of splendid color pictures.
All the color pictures are transpar-
encies, being made directly on glass
plates. There is only one Of each,
as the process cannot be duplicated on
paper, as with the ordinary photo
nearing success in this line, and there
is already a color paper on the mar
ket that gives fair results.
With one or two exceptions the
plates were Autochromes, that being
the trade name of the Photographic
color plate invented by the famous
Lumiere Brothers of Lyons, France, to
whom the world owes color photo
graphy. There were also a few sam
pies of the Dufay Dioptichrome plate,
a later conner in the color photography
field, working on the same principle
but by different process than the
Autochrome plate.
he ,4% a1s-
mire the strikingly beautiful effects Of
the portraits in colors. Particularly
remarkable were several subjects in
which direct sunlight was produced
with remarkable fidelity,-a reproduce
ton absolutely barred to the art of
painting, but possible through the
vivid brilliancy Of color plates.
Color plates in themselves are not so
new, having been commercially on the
market for about three years, but the
process of color photography by flash
light, demonstrated last night, was a
sibilities Of this fascinating field of
photography. Hitherto. the great
drawback to the Autochrome work
has been the time necessitated for ex-
posures, color plate taking from 10
to 60 times the length of exposure re-
quired for an ordinary Photographic
dry plate. In bright summer sunlight
tAA1o AACSSSoieoSCS Oil ,CAPOSuTS VI dUOUL
a second, for a portrait. and in studio
lightings. ranging anywhere from 10
to Is seconds under favorable condi-
lions, to a full minute or far longer,
requiring an uncomfOrtably long and
sometimes impossible sitting upon the
part of the subject
Last nights exhibition, however,
completely swept away this unpleas-
ant feature of Autochrome work; and
the workers saw color pictures made
in fraction of a second, by flash
light, relieving the photographer Of
all guesswork or dependence on day.
light, and obviating the tedium of
lengthy sittings.
The flash powder used was the
"Blitzlicht", manufactured by the Ber-
line Aniline works of New York, a
famous Photographic chemical house.
1t was demonstrated by George L.
Barrows, head Of the American house,
and greatly impressed the critics
through it's absence of the binding
flash, choking smoke and powerful ex-
plosive effect of the inferior flashlight
powders.
Autochrome plates have to be taken
through special screen to balance
the colors correctly. For ordinary
daylight work special yellow screen
is used; for last nights fashlight a
light green screen was utilized, the
difference in color representing the
difference in actinic values of daylight
and flashlight.
Bridgeport will see a great deal of
color photography henceforth, thanks
to the impetus given to this subject by