Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . FiG. 112 Wilsons quarter century in photography. In St. Louis, in the studio of Mr. G. Cramer, I saw a very useful con-trivance used as a side screen for modifying the light on the subject. It consisted of a frame of the size andheight of an ordinary background frame,mounted on castors, as shown in From side to side two rows ofheavy iron wire are stretched. On onerow white cloth is hung and on theother black cloth, the one back of theother. ~Now i
Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . FiG. 112 Wilsons quarter century in photography. In St. Louis, in the studio of Mr. G. Cramer, I saw a very useful con-trivance used as a side screen for modifying the light on the subject. It consisted of a frame of the size andheight of an ordinary background frame,mounted on castors, as shown in From side to side two rows ofheavy iron wire are stretched. On onerow white cloth is hung and on theother black cloth, the one back of theother. ~Now it will be seen that if less lightis wanted, the screen is so placed to thesource of light as to intercept it, andthe black screens are drawn, and viceversa if more light is needed. Or theeffect may be modified to any degreesimply by arranging the cloth screensto suit, or the cloth may be pushedaside altogether or in part, above or below, just as you please, or according tothe object you have in view. Very often, when the illumination is too great on the side of the model nextto the light, a wdiite screen is placed on the oth6r side, in or
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