The American annual of photography . are just tests of the light, and if the light had beencontrolled for effects the pictures would be useless as a demon-stration of a single slant light. I have selected this group on account of the conditions underwhich it was made. It represents The Big Brothers Classof the Methodist Church. Time was set for the group, everyone on time except two who came strolling in a full half-hour late with the usual excuses. You photographers whomake groups can understand. You have all been there. Com-ments and explanations would be superfluous, so wi
The American annual of photography . are just tests of the light, and if the light had beencontrolled for effects the pictures would be useless as a demon-stration of a single slant light. I have selected this group on account of the conditions underwhich it was made. It represents The Big Brothers Classof the Methodist Church. Time was set for the group, everyone on time except two who came strolling in a full half-hour late with the usual excuses. You photographers whomake groups can understand. You have all been there. Com-ments and explanations would be superfluous, so will say thatas a few of the others had another appointment there was justseven minutes left in which to perform the work. I know thatthat little sawed off, hammered down fellow in the center isbad, but he is the pastor, and was wanted there with theofficers on either side of him. Well! why dwell—I grouped(?) them and shot off three 8x10 plates in about five real reason for selecting this picture to illustrate group 270. Figure article The Single Slant Light. by George D. Up. son. 271 work is that it was made with light full open with the manon the left within three feet of the Hght, and the man on theright sixteen feet away. No holding back locally or fakingin any way, but a straight print from a straight negative—a hurriedly made group, if badly composed still evenly lighted. Having informed you that my light is a direct north onewill add that Figure 2 was posed at east end, and Figure 3at west end of light. These two pictures were specially madewith the light wide open to illustrate this article. No screensof any description were used—absolutely no effort made to con-trol the light—just using the light as I received it withoutmodification. If I should submit prints to illustrate this articlethat were made from carefully studied negatives where thelight had been controlled with the curtains, and further ac-centuated with the use of head and s
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