The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-09-12
FREAKISH PHOTOS
Moonlight Effects Obtained by
Taking the Sun.
TRICK OF THE GHOST FAKE.
"SpookD and Vision" Pictures Only
Require a Little Care and Simple
Apparatus, and II is Easy TO Photo
graph a Man Inside a Pint Bottle.

Moonlight effects In photography are
generally gained by triekery. or
course It is possible To take photo
graphs by moonlight, the exposure va
/ rying from thirty minutes TO two
| hours. The results, however, arc rare
| ly satisfactory, owing 10 the move
ment OF the shadows producing a
! blurred effect I'm the finished print. To
obtain u moonlight picture Of the ap-
proved sort-a fine cloud effect with
/ the moon casting u long line OF bril-
! liant light upon water-special prepara-
tiOns must be made.
A rather cloudy sunset must be
chosen. Then when the sun drops low
on the horizon and Is partly obscurcd
/ by tho cloud bank one scizGs tho OPP
portHnity 10 secure snapshot the
lens being well stopped DOWN. right
into the eye of the Hight. Tho plate
thus obtained should be slightly un-
derdevelopcd. II all has gone well the
resulting negative Will supply picture
exactly resembling moonlight effect,
and by carefully cumming n small cir
Gle of opaque paper upon the film one
IL able TO print out the moon" into
the bargain.
Photographs I'm which the snow ap-
pears TO be falling are usually produc-
cd by artificial means. If the subject
IN TO be a 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 Hat
upon n table with the film side upper
most. Take n 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 viii be
an irregular spattcrlng OF the pigment
upon the vnrnished film, ana when this
is dry u print will be produced which
looks Just as though the negative had
been taken I'm snowstorm.
Photographs Of the class In which
ghosts or visions appear may be FAX
cd" In several ways. The first Of these
may be described I'm the duplicate eX-
posure method. Suppose, for example,
we wish to photograph man inside
bottle which Will hold no more than
pint OF liquid. To accomplish this ap-
parcntIy impossible feat proceed as
followsl First photograph tho bottle
standing vpon dull black support and
with similar background While TO
cusing take care 20 mark out what VIII
he the bottles boundaries on the plate
by fixing little pieces of gummed paper
10 tho ground glass screen of the cam
era. Then get your man TO stand or
sit I'm n chair upon black cloth with
n smooth black curtain behind him,
Focus upon him SO that he falls within
the boundaries Of the bottle, this be
ing easily managed 10y 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 VIII duly
apprenticeship.
This method VIII bc found In prac-
tice 20 explain many pictures which at
frat seem very astonishing. To make
"yisfon fake" arrange little scene.
such as barc room with an empty
hearth. with your model sitting list
lessly I'm the foreground. Make your
! first exposure on this scene, being care
full 10 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
! I'm the first picture. Now procure n
sheet OF dead black paper, mount II
! evenly upon stifr cnNl and with little
! Chinese white sketch out an appropri-
ate vision.
If YOU cannot do this yourself get
an artist friend To help you. but see
| that the sketch is placed In the correct
spot. e.. the spot which you have
arranged for Il 10 occupy I'm the finish
ed picture. When the sketch Is finish
cd set Il MP before the camera focus
and see that IL falls within the rcquir
! ed boundary upon the screen. Then
expose again the plate which has al
ready done duty and-if no miscaleula-
lions have been madc-an interesting
"vision" picture will result.
The ghost fake" may bc made In
exactly the same way. only in THIS
case an appropriate scene would be a
deserted churChyard. with your model
posing I'm an awestruck attitude ha-
side tomb. I'm all photographs OF
this kind the reader should bear I'm
mind that a dead black background
does not apprcclably affect the scnsi.
tized plate, but a show plate should be
used whenever this is possible, as by
this means any slight tendency to
'fog" will be obyiated. - Scientific
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