The American annual of photography . THE DAY DKKAMER. H. M. OASSMAN. This humor is dependent largely upon the excitability of thegrown-ups in getting the child ready for the picture. Then,again, long before the time for the final posing, I have ob-served father, mother, sister, grandpa and the nurse trying to 231 aid in getting the right expression by fussing with the child,beating the air and making hideous sounds. About the righttime to make the exposure they block out the window lightand finally upset the camera, when, of course, you wish theirmistaken kindness was not so unbounded. Use tac
The American annual of photography . THE DAY DKKAMER. H. M. OASSMAN. This humor is dependent largely upon the excitability of thegrown-ups in getting the child ready for the picture. Then,again, long before the time for the final posing, I have ob-served father, mother, sister, grandpa and the nurse trying to 231 aid in getting the right expression by fussing with the child,beating the air and making hideous sounds. About the righttime to make the exposure they block out the window lightand finally upset the camera, when, of course, you wish theirmistaken kindness was not so unbounded. Use tact and strat-egy until you have no more help than you need. Then getinterested in the childs game instead of trying to interest the. THE WATER NYMPH H. M. GASSMAN. child in your game, and you will have abundant chance to getas many impressions as you have plates. Children in their own home, with familiar surroundings,cant help but be natural and, therefore, at their best. A like-ness under such conditions will be superior to any made underartificial conditions and strange surroundings. It is a mistaken idea that a skylight is necessary for a suc-cessful indoor portrait. I may even say daylight is not reallynecessary. The illustration, *^The Water Nymph, was a com- 232
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