The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-09-15
FREA ] PHOTOS [ ]
Moonlight Effects Obtained b,
Taking the Sun.
TRICK OF THE GHOST FAKE.

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TRICK OF THE GHOST FAKE.
"spooI<' and "visien" Pictures Only
Require Little Care and Simple
Apparatus, and It 10 Easy to Photo.
? graph Man Inside q Pint Bottle.
Moonlight effects in photography are
generally gained by trickery. OF
course it is possible to take photo
graphs by moonlight, the exposure va
rying from thirty minutes to two
hours. The results, however, are rare
~ satisfactory, owing to the move
ment of the shadows producing q
blurred effect In the finished print. To
obtain moonlight picture of the ap-
proved sort-a fine cloud effect with
the moon casting long line Of bril-
liant light upon water-special prepare
lions must be made. ."
A rather cloudy sunset must be
chosen. Then when the sun drops low
on the horizon and is partly obscured
by the cloud bank one seizes the op-
portunity to secure snapshot (the
lens being well stopped down') right
into the eye of the light. The plate
thus obtained should be slightly un-
derdeveloped. If all has gone well the
negative will supply a picture
exactly resembling moonlight effect,
and by carefully cumming small cir
Gle Of opaque paper upon the dlm one
Is able to print out the moon" into
the bargain.
Photographs in which the snow ap-
pears to be falling are usually produc-
ed by artificial means. If the subject
is to be portrait the sitter should be
CARRIED appropriately and placed be-
fore wintry background. When the
negative is obtained it should be dried
and we'll vanished, then placed fiat
upon table with tho Aim side upper
most. Take soft toothbrush charged
with rather thick india ink and car
mine mixed up with water and draw
It over the teeth of the comb, which
should be held some little distance
from the negative. If this operation
is carefully managed the result will be
an irregular scattering Of the pigment
upon the Vanished film, and when this
is dry print will be produced which
looks just as though the negative had
been taken In a snowstOrm.
I Photographs Of the class in which
ghosts or visions appear may be "fak-
ed" in several ways. The first Of these
may be described in tho duplicate ex-
posture method. Suppose, for example,
we wish to photograph a man inside q
bottle which will hold no more than a
pint Of liquid. To accomplish this ap.
parently impossible feat proceed as
follows: First photograph the bottle
standing upon dull black support and
with similar background. While TO-
cusing take care to mark out what will
be the bottles boundaries on the plate
by fixing little pieces of gummed paper
to the ground glass screen of the cam
era. Then get your man to stand or
sit In chair upon black cloth with
a smooth black curtain behind him
Focus upon him SO that he falls within
the boundaries of the bottle, this be-
ing easily managed by means of the
gummed paper guides. Finally expose
the plate which has already been used
to photograph the bottle, and when
this is developed your friend will duly
appear-inside.
This method will be found In prac-
dee to explain many pictures which at
first seem very astonishing. To make
q vision fake" arrange little scene,
such as bare room with an empty
hearth, with your model sitting list
lessly In the foreground. Make your
first exposure on this scene, being care.
full to mark out on the ground glass
screen the space into which the vision
must fall. A dark curtain or dark
woodwork should occupy this space
in the first picture. Now procure a
sheet Of dead black paper, mount it
evenly upon stiff card and with a little
Chinese white sketch out an appropri.
ate vision. IS.
Il you cannot do this yourself get
IN artist friend to help you, but see
that the sketch is placed In the correct
spot e., the spot which you have
for it to occupy in the finish
ed picture. When the sketch is finish
Cd set It up before the camera, focus
and see that it falls within the requir-
Cd boundary upon the screen. Then
expose again the plate which has al
ready done duty and-if no miscalcula-
lions have been made-an interesting
vision" picture will result
The ghost flake" may be made in
exactly the same way, only in this
case an appropriate scene would be a
deserted churchyard, with your model
posing In an awestruck attitude be.
side a tomb. In all photographs of
this kind the reader should bear in
mind that dead black background
does not appreciably affect the sensi-
tiled plate, but a show plate should be
used Whenever, this is possible. as by
this means any slight tendency to
fog" will be obviated. Scientific
American.
Plain Talk From Home.
Il ought to be supremely happy" the
youth wrote to the home people. ~
don't see much business ahead. but I
have my diploma and my books"
Whereupon the "old man. wrote
him:
Put the diplomy in frame. make Z