The American annual of photography . A POSE. Ryland W. Figure THE DEAD LEAF FELL. Illustrating Article Treatment, by Edwin Loker. There is not the sHghtest doubt but that every one hasnegatives, the whole or part of w^hich has merit, but simplyplacing in a frame, printing and letting it go at that does notconstitute treatment, no matter how superlative your tech-nique, but when you appreciate the fact that by using a par-ticular portion of your negative, or by printing so the sun-shine looks like sunshine and not whitewash, that shadows(clair obscure) have tones and gradatio
The American annual of photography . A POSE. Ryland W. Figure THE DEAD LEAF FELL. Illustrating Article Treatment, by Edwin Loker. There is not the sHghtest doubt but that every one hasnegatives, the whole or part of w^hich has merit, but simplyplacing in a frame, printing and letting it go at that does notconstitute treatment, no matter how superlative your tech-nique, but when you appreciate the fact that by using a par-ticular portion of your negative, or by printing so the sun-shine looks like sunshine and not whitewash, that shadows(clair obscure) have tones and gradation and are not expo-sitions of your ignorance of the rudiments of exposure anddevelopment; when it is further grasped that by varying theprinting medium to gum, oil, carbon or bromoil a very differ-ent and unique beauty can be imparted to the otherwise com-monplace; that every picture has a just right size for itsbest expression, that its inspiration is best imparted to othersby a rough or smooth paper, by printing in a high or lowkey, and so through the whole g
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