Evening star., 1937-08-21

themselves most effectively to your
purposes.
One Of the principal things to watch
Tor Is to get picture sharp, yet not
too sharp. II you're taking a picture
OF young lady in front of the Pan
American Building, and wish to en-
phasize the figure and not the back
ground, set your focus and diaphragm
so that the building will be about IS
or 20 feet behind the subject. One
young photographer down on the
Avenue, who is very successful. says
a good way to learn to Judge distance
is to lay Of 80 feet on the floor and
look at it for long time. Pace it of.
Another helpful device in estimating
distance is to think how long a man
6 feet tall would be. If lying down.
With the box camera, it is always
best to get 10 feet away from the sub
ject.
Never stand directly in front Of the
Monument or of buildings to take q
picture. but get them from an angle.
so you'll have two different lighting
effects. To get the light fiat on a sub
ject is bad artistry. Get the light on
one side instead of fat in the sun.
A back light is very effective-a
back light being one that reflects back
on the subject. as white sand beach
does, a light sidwealk or light road.
Remember that day can be too
bright as we'll as too dark, and this
can be regulated by shutting down the
diaphragm opening.
"FXPOSURE," says one local pho
tographer, accounts for most
of the bad pictures. Learn the differ
ent light conditions"
The most elementary way to study
light and shadow is to take block
Of wood, marble, pasteboard-what-
ever you have on hand and move
it around a light, studying the shad-
owed portions and the light portions
Most pictures taken on the water"
says a well-known Connecticut avenue
photographer, require only half the
exposure OF pictures taken with trees
in the background. Water doubles
the light, because it acts as a natural
reflector. Remember to shut down
down your diaphragm opening in tax
ing pictures around the Tidal Basin
and on the river" The same thing
Is true of the Amphitheater at Airing
ton and the Supreme Court Building.
Avoid midday pictures If you want
artistic effects. Take your pictures
In the morning or afternoon, when
you have long shadows. IT, however,
you must shoot picture at high noon,
face subject about IS degrees away
from the sun.
A word about indoor photography-
an indoor photograph can easily be
made with the ordinary light from 4
window. Take care that a clear sky
can be seen out of the window from
the position OF the subject. Remem-
bering that AL pleasing photography
Is the result of . balance of light, YOU
can obtain good results by using =
sheet or newspapers pinned on 4
screen or rod. and place on the shadow
side OF the subject at an approximate
45-degree angle. With the average
kodak on = bright day exposure can
be made in about two seconds, using
stop IL.
"TF YOU want to take action pic
lures with an ordinary camera"
another Connecticut avenue photog-
rapher suggests. good. clear effects
can be obtained at . one-hundredth
second exposure, If care is taken not
to be perpendicular with the moving
object. Get the object Is it moves
toward YOU or away from you. there
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