Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . Add to these prerequisites, good assistants, good lights, good chemicals, andgood artists, and you have my secret, if such you choose to term it, of taking pictures ofchildren. One of the studios which I use has a south light, and is peculiarly adapted to 92 Wilsons quarter century in photography. 30. So mucli now for the elevation. As further help I add two ground-plans, thus providing suggestions for even the humblest of our fraternity. The first (Fig. 93) is
Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . Add to these prerequisites, good assistants, good lights, good chemicals, andgood artists, and you have my secret, if such you choose to term it, of taking pictures ofchildren. One of the studios which I use has a south light, and is peculiarly adapted to 92 Wilsons quarter century in photography. 30. So mucli now for the elevation. As further help I add two ground-plans, thus providing suggestions for even the humblest of our fraternity. The first (Fig. 93) is of a studio in Texas, 40 feet long by 20 feet wide. Theside-light comes within 3 feet of the floor. The lower side of the skylightrests upon the side-light, and the upper side is raised 5 feet higher, and thesides boxed up and tinned the same as the roof. the taking of childrens pictures, it being covered with fluted glass, and well supplied withscreens, which enable me to throw on or shut off the light almost instantaneously in anyquantity to suit the subject. I have, with the assistance of these essentials, taken more Fig than twenty children in one day, beside other work as it chanced to come in. I make ita rule to have two plates always ready when taking children, which enable me to makefour impressions of the child, one of which is almost sure to be a goood one. This is mysimple way of taking pictures of the little ones, and good artists complete the work sosimply begun.—John A. Scholten. 30. The construction of the roof of a glass-house is a matter that will bear, and shouldget, very serious consideration. The form of sash-bar I give below is rather different from that in common use, andconsists of two pieces. Here are sections of them. Fig. 94. The object of the grooves in B is to catch and convey outside any leakage at the edgesof the panes; and is copied from the Photographic News Year-Book, GLASS-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 93 A is the reception-room, 12 by 20 feet. B
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