Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
PHOTO DEPENDS
ENTIRELY ON
CHARACTER
Pretty Girl in Real Life Often
Makes Poor Portrait, Says
Miss Pet Evans.

Homely Ones. cheer up; take tip
from Photographic connoisseur-
Miss Pet Evansville Is an expert
and knows what she is talking about.
You may be real good looking in a
photograph, but. Pretty Ones, beware.
for your most beWitching beauty may
be entirely lacking on the picture
mans negative
Funny, isn't IT, and horrid, too. for
the good lockers. but it's one Of the
rules OF the game, or, rather. the art
Of photography, according TO Miss
Evans. The most homely woman
sometimes viii produce a prettier pic
ture than the most dazzling beauty,
she says-all because there's some
thing lacking in the ont that the pho
tographer's most sensitive glass plate
searches out in the other
And this "something"-well, even
Miss Evans admits it's sort Of elusive
like as hard to describe adequately
as II Is to find some time Yet, 1t IS
there, and this little 1T" In its final
analysis Miss Evans believes is moth
ing more nor less than character"
These baby dolls with minus eX-
pressions," said Miss Evans-"oh, it's
a hopeless task! They lack that pow
er OF expression. indicative Of charac-
ter, absolutely essential FOR what we
call a good picture. The best that we
can do IN such cases is 10 make a
prohle-thats what profiles are for,
az you perhaps know.
It's in the Eyes
Yes, indeed, give me the face with
~ lnGE-EUnTEl
full-of-life eyes, and a mouth firm,
not set and ! VIII give you a good
picture in return; but give me one of
those shallow countenances, with that
languld don't -Care-if -l-do" express
sion, and ! shall be forced either to
give il up or give you what we call
poor picture
DO YOU mean to say, then, that
you would advise persons not blessed
with expressions Of character not to
have their pictures made?' queried
the reporter, in some surprise.
THAT ] do, replied Miss Evans
that U.s.. aside from the business part
of &C. Of course
DO YOU know" continued Miss
Evans. this facial character matter
has more 10 do with pictures and per
sons than anything else Why, | can
actually size up a person almost The
minute ne OF sue Ndlhh III pg lAb
facial expression.
u can almost tell how much money
a person has in his pocket by the ex-
preston on his face
Photo Reveals Fortune.
And here the reporter dug slyly
down into his pocket while the pleas
ant conversatiOnalist continued her
discourse on the high art-just Is
cents-a nickel and a dime-greeted
his cautious touch.
In making photos" continued Miss
Evans, "one of the first essentials Is
the expression Of the eyes-there
should be life, not languldness there.
FIRST, last and all the time. Just look
at this DEMONSTRATING TO a large
portrait of a woman. not beautiful
"do you see the sparkle, the life,' in
those eyes2 That's real beauty; but
now, look at this one-she really is
quite pretty in real life, but not here,
for the life and character are lack
ing"
Another essential Tor good pic
ture. Miss Evans said, Is a complete
loss Of self consciousness. The lack
OF this in children, she says, is the
primary reason for such good pic
lures
And at what ideal age would you
have woman pose for her photo?"
queried the reporter as he turned 10
SO,
Not before 30" was the prompt
and emphatic reply.