The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . ter remain closeduntil the instant the flash is discharged and be closed again instandy after-ward, it is well to ha\e the flash sheet hanging near so that the shutter canbe operated with one hand and the flash with the other and their action thusmade simultaneous. FOR TRAITLRE HELPS. 69 NOT INSTANTANEOUS. In using the flash sheets it should be borne in mind that they are notinstantaneous, and in portrait work the subjects should, therefore, bewarned to remain still as if for a time exposure. The flash sheets
The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . ter remain closeduntil the instant the flash is discharged and be closed again instandy after-ward, it is well to ha\e the flash sheet hanging near so that the shutter canbe operated with one hand and the flash with the other and their action thusmade simultaneous. FOR TRAITLRE HELPS. 69 NOT INSTANTANEOUS. In using the flash sheets it should be borne in mind that they are notinstantaneous, and in portrait work the subjects should, therefore, bewarned to remain still as if for a time exposure. The flash sheets do not produce a sudden flash when they are lighted,and a second or so is consumed in burning a single sheet. As comparedwith the ordinary flash powder they gi\e a much broader source of light,which means that they do away with the harsh shadows that are soobjeclionable in most flashlight work. The flash from the sheets is far lessblinding than that from the ordinary powder, a decided advantage ingiving pictures without the staring eftect to the eyes so often seen. THE In the various articles uponPortraiture is explained the useof the refledor. In practice it isoften inconvenient or undesirableto secure an assistant for the pur-pose of holding the cloth to beused as a reflector. Fig. i showsa reflector which may easily beconstructed and which will befound very convenient in two pieces of wood aboutone inch wide by one-half an inchthick, one piece being about twofeet and the other two feet sixinches long. In one end of thelonger piece insert a screw eyehaving a head about one half aninch in diameter. Cut an open-ing in the center of the secondstrip so that the head of the screw eye will fit it snugly. A small flat hook fastened to the strip com-pletes the joint. Procure a piece of white cotton cloth about two feet 70 PORTRAITURE HELPS. square and fasten it to the edge of the short strip with small tacks. A largeelastic rubber band completes the apparatus.
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