The American annual of photography . SISTERS. CHAS, C. PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN AT HOME By H. M. GASSMAN ANY 3^ears ago there appeared in one of the pho-tographic annuals an article by Falk, the well-known photographer, on Photographing Chil-dren. Ever since reading that article I havebeen interested as an amateur in trying to emu-late his work. Fortunately for me, I have no studio to use forsuch purposes. My subjects I find in my home, on the street,and in the homes of my friends and essentials of my outfit are: 1. A fairly rapid lens with quiet shutter. 2. Rapid plates fo
The American annual of photography . SISTERS. CHAS, C. PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN AT HOME By H. M. GASSMAN ANY 3^ears ago there appeared in one of the pho-tographic annuals an article by Falk, the well-known photographer, on Photographing Chil-dren. Ever since reading that article I havebeen interested as an amateur in trying to emu-late his work. Fortunately for me, I have no studio to use forsuch purposes. My subjects I find in my home, on the street,and in the homes of my friends and essentials of my outfit are: 1. A fairly rapid lens with quiet shutter. 2. Rapid plates for indoor work. 3. Patience. 4. Tact. It is. not necessary to enlarge on the material part of theequipment, except to say that a background has not been in-cluded. I do not consider it necessary, but, on the other hand,it can be used very frequently to good advantage. I oftendepend upon finding something in the house if I need a back-ground at all, and I have used anything from a shawl to arubber piano cover. The principal thing to avoid is placingthe backgro
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