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 a tip
from a Photographic connoisseur-
Miss Pet Evans-who 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 will produce a prettler pic
ture than the most dazzling beauty
she says-all because there's some
thing lacking in the ont that the pho
togTapher's most sensitive glass plate
searches out in the other.
And this "something"-w even
Miss Evans admits It's sort Of elusive
like, as hard to describe adequately
as II is TO find some time. Yet, II IS
there. and this little 1T" IN its final
analysis, Miss Evans believes, is moth
ins more nor less than character"
These baby dolls with minus eX-
pressions," said Miss Evans-"oh, it's
q hopeless taskl 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 TO make a.
prohle-thats what prohles are for,
az you perhaps know.
It's in the Eyes.
Yes, indeed, give me the face with
- 80 atrF taas
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
languid "don't-care- if-I-do" express
sion, and / shall be forced either to
give 1t up or give you what we call a
poor picture"
DO you mean to say. then, that
you would advise persons not blessed
with expressions Of character not to
have their pictures nader queried
the reporter, in some surprise.
THAT / do" replied Miss Evans
that is aside from the business part
Of Il. OF course.
DO you know" continued Miss
Evans this facial character matter
has more to do with pictures and per
sons than anything else. Why. l can
actually size up a person almost The
minute he or she walks in by the
facial expression.
Il 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 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 languidness there.
first, last and all the time. Just look
at this picture'-turning to a large
portrait of a woman. not beautiful
do you see the sparkle, the life,' in
those eyes? 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 FOR a 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 photo7'
queried the reporter as he turned 10
go.
mot before 30" was the prompt
and emphatic reply.