. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. DIATOMS. ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA (x 170 DIATOM. ARACHNODISCUS INDICUS (x 170 PHOTOMICROGRAPHY. PORTRAITURE. 481 be exaggerated by the camera and willquite spoil the effect of an otherwise suc-cessful portrait. It is difficult to formu-late any rules on this subject. Much willbe learned by the observation and com-parison of good photographs, paintings,. Fig. 614.—The White Posing Chaik. and engravings. The sitter should on noaccount be embarrassed and renderednervous by prolonged fussing aboutand arrangement, as this is cer


. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. DIATOMS. ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA (x 170 DIATOM. ARACHNODISCUS INDICUS (x 170 PHOTOMICROGRAPHY. PORTRAITURE. 481 be exaggerated by the camera and willquite spoil the effect of an otherwise suc-cessful portrait. It is difficult to formu-late any rules on this subject. Much willbe learned by the observation and com-parison of good photographs, paintings,. Fig. 614.—The White Posing Chaik. and engravings. The sitter should on noaccount be embarrassed and renderednervous by prolonged fussing aboutand arrangement, as this is certain to leadto a stiff and unnatural result. Whateveris done should be done quickly and with-out the appearance of deliberation. Thesitter may be held in easy conversationtill a characteristic and unstudied pose isunconsciously assumed, when it will per- 31 haps even be practicable to make the ex-posure without his or her knowledge. Atthe most, only a few gentle touches hereand there, or a word or two of direction,sliould be necessary. The old style ofanxiously arranging and rearranging themodel till both parties are thoroughlyweary of the whole thing is now entirelyabandoned by all the best workers. Posing Chairs and Head Rests. For vignette work a good posing chairis a great convenience. A suitable patternis shown by Fig. 614; this has a revolving


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