The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . words, they should not be aware of the fact that theyarebeing photographed. Many of the most beautiful landscape effects containfigures and when the pose is in harmony with the composition the result isalways pleasing. CLOUDS. Clouds, when possible to obtain, are an advantage in the compositionof a landscape, breaking up, as they do, the usual monotony of a blank sky,and adding much to the beauty and interest of the picture. A prettilyclouded sky is often the redeeming feature of an other\vise poor composition
The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . words, they should not be aware of the fact that theyarebeing photographed. Many of the most beautiful landscape effects containfigures and when the pose is in harmony with the composition the result isalways pleasing. CLOUDS. Clouds, when possible to obtain, are an advantage in the compositionof a landscape, breaking up, as they do, the usual monotony of a blank sky,and adding much to the beauty and interest of the picture. A prettilyclouded sky is often the redeeming feature of an other\vise poor practical methods of getting good clouds in your prints are gi\en inthe special article on page ifi^. Pictorial Photography. Piftorial photography may be broadly divided into two classes ; land-scapes and figure studies. Either line is a study of itself, yet so muchdepends upon the personality of the operator that we can only indicate afew of the qualities, some at least of which are necessary in every realpicture, whether photograph or painting. First of all there must be a. llnnl Siorpt. H. W. KNinKI_D. motif, a reason for making the picture. This motif may be one of the fol-lowing :—to preserve a record of some interesting place or occasion, topifture the beauty of some bit of landscape under certain conditions, to tella story by means of a picture, or to produce a picture which shall appeal tothe observer by its beauty of line or tone. A successful pifture may com- 30 PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. bine more than one of these qualities, but one is always dominant and thereshould never be any question as to the principal motif which caused itsbeing. A picture «-hich may be made as a record of some place interesting tothe photographer will be greatly enhanced if it gives e\-idence of good com-
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