The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . neraspects of nature, rainand storm in their mani-fold phases and varia- V^ ?..*fc ----?.,.«;^--^;a^ ^^0>h^^ ^J, ^^- -^?l ^_. v.^^P r i-Mi -^sbI • r- •*«^;3 ^H^^mI t - ^|H|,. f. v^^i^HK^^^H^^^ Tt.:^ ?1 Vr ?v^gH SOJ//i , /ilXTS OX WINTER IHOTOC R AT] n . 145 tions can only under rare circumstances be successfully treated duringthese seasons. But in winter e\-ery difficulty seems to fade away. From the time:\hen the first snowtiakes flutter noiselessly to the ground, to the last thaw,
The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . neraspects of nature, rainand storm in their mani-fold phases and varia- V^ ?..*fc ----?.,.«;^--^;a^ ^^0>h^^ ^J, ^^- -^?l ^_. v.^^P r i-Mi -^sbI • r- •*«^;3 ^H^^mI t - ^|H|,. f. v^^i^HK^^^H^^^ Tt.:^ ?1 Vr ?v^gH SOJ//i , /ilXTS OX WINTER IHOTOC R AT] n . 145 tions can only under rare circumstances be successfully treated duringthese seasons. But in winter e\-ery difficulty seems to fade away. From the time:\hen the first snowtiakes flutter noiselessly to the ground, to the last thaw,when the hepatica timidly blooms amidst patches of melting snow, e\erywood, every change of atmosphere, every \agary of form which the snow-covered earth is subjected to, can be held by the camera. It is the seasonfor realistic interpretations. True realism always enhances the pictorial and aesthetic qualities as well,and by aesthetic interpretations I mean a combination of all those elementswhich change the ordinary photograph into a re\elation of pictorial Gulden Rud. ^ kL.\II.\ , jK. In winter, nature appears to the experienced eye like a delightful composi-tion in monochrome. The «-hoie gamut of tones is there, from jiurest whiteto deepest black, imperceptibly blended into each other, e\en those wherethe contrasts are strongest. And it is for this reason that the rendering ofwinter scenes, in m) opinion, can be handled u ith equal skill and success bythe photograplier as by the colorist, or the illustrator who uses black andwhite as a medium. The fault of amateurs, on the whole, is that they stri\-e too much forextraordinary effects, they insist on strange snow formations and ([ueerlvshaped icicles, and depict rather the idiosyncrasies than the poetical moodsof winter. And yet beautA* is lurking everywhere in all of winters multitudinousphases. Nearlv all my pictures were taken in the vic;nif\ of mv own home. 14-5 soj/i: rRAcricAi. hixts ox irixTEH photog
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