The American annual of photography . HILD AND THE KODAK By HARRY GORDON WILSON HAVE always had the idea that photographyshould play an important part in the educationof the child, as through the use of the Kodakor camera children will have something to takeup their leisure time when not occupied bytheir school lessons. This may mean a little expense and patience to the parents,but they may rest assured that their time and money will bewell spent. The kodak will open up new fields of thought,unfolding the beauties of nature in its many different phases,teaching the child the love of the beautif
The American annual of photography . HILD AND THE KODAK By HARRY GORDON WILSON HAVE always had the idea that photographyshould play an important part in the educationof the child, as through the use of the Kodakor camera children will have something to takeup their leisure time when not occupied bytheir school lessons. This may mean a little expense and patience to the parents,but they may rest assured that their time and money will bewell spent. The kodak will open up new fields of thought,unfolding the beauties of nature in its many different phases,teaching the child the love of the beautiful, educating the eyeto estimate distances, and to be able to see things that theordinary person would pass by without a moments thoughtof the picture possibilities. In my own experience I have yetto find very few people who are interested in photography whoare not good upright people, both morally and mentally. Ifyou know that your boy or girl is out with a kodak with agoodly supply of films, you may rest assured that he or she 252. OLD HOUSES. HEINRICH KREBS. is not getting into any mischief and that they are learningsomething that should prove of great benefit to them whenthey are grown up. The modern photographic equipment is very simple, andany child of average intelligence should be able to master thefirst principles in a very short time. It is recommended thatthey complete all of the operations themselves, as by doingtheir own developing and printing they can discover anyerrors in the exposure. You will always be able to find oneor two older boys in the neighborhood who will undertake togive the young photographer a few first lessons. In a recent camp of the boy scouts near London, England,the boys were supplied with an inexpensive kodak and weregiven a certain route to cover, different detachments weresent over this route at different times with instructions todiscover and photograph certain prominent landmarks, suchas a clump of trees, farm houses, etc. The negatives w
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