Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
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 a photograph. s0uuolsselr-
Miss Pet Eyaus-EE. is an expert
and knows what she Is talking about
You may be real good looking M "a
photograph but Pretty ones beware.
for your most beWiroLug beauty may
be entirely lacking ou the picture
mans negative
Funny. isn't &c. and Eorrd. too fer
the good lockers hgt it's one OF the
rules Of the game or rather tle art
OF Photograph according 90 Miss
Evans. The mos. aomcly woman
sometimes win produce a prettieT 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 we'll even
Miss Evans admits it's sort Of elusive
Ike, as hard 20 describe adequately
as Il is 10 find some time. Yet. it Is
there. and this little it," In it's final
analysis, Miss Evans believes is moth
ing more nor less than character"
These baby dolls with minus eX-
pressions.' said Miss Evaus-"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 20 make a
profle-that's what profiles are for
as you perhaps know
It's in the Eyes.
Yes, indeed, give me the face with
strong character lines sparkling
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 caTc-if-I-dO" express
sion, and / shall be forced either TO
give IL 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 made2" querled
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, ! can
actually size up "a person almost the
minute he or she walks in by the
facial expression,
y can almost tell how much money
a person has in his pocket by the ex-
preston on his face"
And here the reporter dug slyly
down into his pocket while the pleas
ant conyersationalist continued her
discourse on the high art-just 10
cents-a nickel and a dime-greeted
his cautious touch.
In making photos" continued Miss
Evans. zone 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 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 .Jr a good pic
ture, Miss Evans said. is a complete
loss Of self consciousness. The lack
OF this in children. she says ia the
primary reason for such good pic
lures.
And 81 what ideal age would you
have woman pose for ner photo?"
queried the reporter as he turned TO
60.
Not before 80" was the prompt
and emphatic reply