Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05

plan to use. The envelopes may
be hard to get hold of once the
rush starts. The same warning
applies to Photographic materials.
Certain non-cracking papers that
are designed for greeting card
making may be in short supply
once all the photographers get
into production. And be sure to
give some thought as to the color
of the paper you will use. For
an example a snow scene will not
look its best if printed on a buff
paper.
Now as to the kinds of cards
that you may decide between. AS
we have indicated, the simplest
form of photo greeting card is
single sheet of contact paper. With
this you will only need a mask to
cover the edges of the negative.
The mask may be made to cover
more OF the negative if you wish
to crop out certain portions of the
composition. The greeting may be
added in your own hand writing
with a pen after the cards are
finished or if you have very large
number to send out it may be
more suitable to copy your sigma
ture on film and print this in
beneath the illustrating picture.
Movie Titles Can Be Used.
Another variation on this theme
would be to use movie title letters
with a side lighting to give the
illusion of depth. These can easily
be photographed and the greeting
taken care of that way. A still
more expensive but very attractive
| way to accomplish the same end
would be to take the finished
prints to a printer and have the
message printed in with type of
your selection. If you have the
time to spare you can make your
greeting cards real standouts by
using oil or water colors to add
to their attractiveneSs. It is not
always necessary to color the en-
tire scene but a touch of red or
green here and there will 60 a
long way towards improving your
work.
Should you have a series of pic
lures that you think would tie
together nicely you would require
of course, more complex card.
The French folder type is ideal
for this sort of arrangement. The
sheet of Photographic paper,
usually 8X10 inches in size is
folded once vertically and then
once horizontally. This will give
you the opportunity, if you wish,
to have as many as four picture
pages to your card. One can go
on the front, one on each of the
inside pages and one on the back
If necessary. Most prefer to leave
the back page blank, utilizing the
front and two inner pages for the
pictures and the greeting. The
same methods may be used in
working with this larger folder as
described above with the smaller
single sheet but you will have to
be careful to remember which side
is up as you make the successive
prints and care must be exercised
to prevent the Jogging of part of
the sheet while exposing one
section.
Double and triple folds may
also be used if you so desire. How
ever, there is usually quite a waste
OF paper when the double fold is
used with the picture on one side
and the message on the other. A
more elaborate form of the single
sheet is had by fastening the pic
ture on a sheet of art paper upon
which the greeting is penned or
printed. The print may be pasted
on, or dry mounting tissue can
be used. Glue is suitable If the
print is to be tipped" on with a
line of glue along the top edge of
the print.
II you use an art paper a color
complementary to that of the
paper on which the photograph
was printed is suggested. The same
advice applies if you wish to go
even further and add sheet OF
thin underlay paper between the
print and the base sheet,