The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-17
HAZARDS OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Excitement Attends Making Films
of Birds and Beasts

mia YOU ever stop to consider the
-, ANTIQUITIES that assail motion
oic,urc photographer? \ story is being
,old Of a photographer i'm Montana
,,bo braved the murderous cross-ilre of
.o,,e strikers that he might obtain pic
,,res to show the world what IA battle
,otveen strikers and constables is like.
Xot one whit less of a hero Is the
man who goes into the heart of Africa
or the wilderness of South America,
and with "A camera for weapon stalks
hia came that the world may see them
IN their own haunts and in natural
rosition. This last is the hardest thing
a. do. To take "A picture of tiger
denicting his every action. and not to
10, the beast know that 1t is being done
this MS much for the photographers
o,rn sake as for the pictures future. is
no easy task.
As may be imagined, there are many
methods in vogue among photographers
IN obtain truthful pictures Of animals.
II is entirely a case of strategy on the
mans part He must wait I'm the jun
ole sometimes for days until his odor
becomes familiar To the animal. He
huilds himself a home. sometimes in
side hollow tree trunk sometimes in
tho Tree itself, and bides his time. But
this is not enough, for under ordinary
circumstances, the moment he started
IA turn the handle OF the camera the
noise would he such that the beast
would either fight or run away. and
either would be bad for the man. So
again resOrting to strategy he invents
machine small and compact, that will
exactly initiate the clicking of cam
era. This is turned 10y the action If
the wind and ii is not long before the
animal becomes accustomed To the
noise Sometimes, though it is nee
essary to bride the animal with a
wounded deer or lame goat.
Probably the hardest picture of the
Kind to obtain is that of a fish under
the water. Much patience is neces-
&ly and much skill. The first step is
be- manufacturing of glass caisson.
which is semisubmerged and contains
the man and his machine. The top is
open to the sky and there the operator
must receive his meals from an assoc
Gate 1t is compulsory that the man
shall stay there. for an abrupt move
mcnt might scare the subject beyond
recovery.
4 fish is noted for it's curiosity and
It is upon this fact that the camera
man works. A shot fred in the water
will bring the fish from all over the
spot to investigate. Likewise with the
and it is not long before they Will
come close to it. Then for the picture.
Photographins Birds.
The camera Sharing of birds is an
undertaking that requires much skill
and greater patience. To get good
picture Of a bird on the nest actually
Matching eggs without frightening her
Is very hard. Professor Frank New
man, well known English photoC
@phcr tells many interesting stories
Of his adventures in this work.
Tie cites one case i'm particular i'm
which he had lain i'm wait for a week
with his imitation camera going full
speed grabbing meal when he could
only to have the bird take fright and
leave her nest forever, thus wasting
all his time. He has, however been
able to catch near pictures of the moor
hen, probably the most timid of birds.
Newman has also been very success
luI IN his pictures OF large birds. such |
as the South American condor, the
American eagle and the buZZard AMI
NHItures of the south. As may be sur
missed, different sort of skill is re-
qulred to get such pictures as these.
ne feat requires daring and nerve. |
me photographer is lowered over the
sue OF maintain in boatswain chair
ana with "A camera between his knees
gets his picture. q. Blake Garrison, a
photographers of animals. was badly
nurt IN his initial attempt of this ma
lure IN South America. He was attack
ro by one of the birds while in this