Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-31

Work.
i Webster City has a number o
friends Of the kodak who should b!
fright not be termed Kodak fiends.
Their work is too fine and too earn
est to be accorded an appellation o
that sort. Earnest enthusiastic
work with the lens and shutter, az
well as with the developing and fin
ishing of the pictures, have marked
the efforts of several who are well
known for their devotion to the lit.
tile instrument Of pleasure.
Miss Clio Scriven has been for a
couple of years specializing upon
kodak photography of birds with re-
markable success. Some of her pict-
ures have appeared in bird maga-
zines and her bird postals have att
tracted more than usual attention.
]. S. Ziegler has an expensive in
strument with which he has made
some very fine pictures. He has
specialized upon pictures Of fete
days, crowds upon the street, acci-
dents, ball games, ETC., and possess
ing regular newspaper mans ko-
dak with hood equipment, he has
been able to obtain remarkably fine,
clear pictures.
DR.. r. w. Homan has for a num-
ber of years been a student Of the
kodak and the taking of ollt of door
pictures, the particular part of the
Ipastime which deals with details,
having been the source of it's charm
for him. He does not claim to be an
expert, but "time and tide" have no
Influence upon him when he is TO-
.cusing to get perfect perspective.
Rev. E. G. Hay, pastor Of the Eng
lish Lutheran church has made
some of the finest views of well
known buildings in the .city which
have ever been taken here, either by
amateur or expert. He especially
hunts for those buildings whose set
tings are of unusual attractiveness
and then. busies himself finding a
viewpoint which is altogether ad-
mirable. His camera is very fine
instrument and the products of his
work are worthy the exclamations
of admiration which they draw
forth.
Henry Ingertson is another devo-
tee of the kodak, but confines his
work mostly to views of the beauti-
full wooded walks near the river and
drives near Webster City. Hardly a
Sunday goes by when Mr.. Ingertson
has not his instrument in his hand,
enroute to the woods for scenes of
particular beauty. Spots overlooked
by the usual scene hunter are fer
reted out and snapped. He does eve
cry bit of the work of developing
and finishing, and&even fashions the
frames himself out of bids of wood.
The results are of immeasurable en-
joyment to himself and his friends
and his knowledge of the taking and
developing of pictures has increased
month by month.
Rev. Arthur Metcalf, pastor of
the Congregational church, is also
an enthusiast and faithfully portrays
through the medium of his kodak
the nature studies that appeal to
him in his walks through the woods.
The Misses Blanch and Gertrude
Burton have done some remarkably
fine interior views not, however, re-
stricting their. efforts to this one
phase of still life, but enjoying the
work of amateur photography for
its pleasurable interest in the great
out OF doors, as Well.
Miss Aletta Anderson is another
amateur with the kodak and for sew
eral years her snap shots have been
of an unusual quality.
Miss Minnie Helmick uses, as she
terms it, "a little old Kodak" of the
box style, but has for several years
been an ardent devotee of the pas
time of taking pictures. On re-
cent trip when ninety-six snap shots
were taken, eighty out of that num-
ber were fine pictures.
Mrs. C. ]. jennings is another en-
thusiastic person over the kodak, as
also is Miss Jennie Breitenkamp,
who has for several years been so
successful with her instrument that
she has had more orders for home
snap shots than she could fill. She
also takes pleasure in doing all the
work necessary for picture.
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