The American annual of photography . SNOW AND SHADOWS. CHARLES W. FIGURES OUT OF DOORS By ROY HARRISON DANFORTH UT of doors human subjects serve the photog-rapher in one of three ways: they are there tohave their pictures taken, or to tell a story, or toassist in the development of the scene pic-torially. His task in the first instance is themaking of a portrait; in the second, the making of a genrepicture; in the third, the making of a landscape. In the firsttwo cases he cannot get along without the figures. In thethird, his first business is to inquire whether he can get alongwithout
The American annual of photography . SNOW AND SHADOWS. CHARLES W. FIGURES OUT OF DOORS By ROY HARRISON DANFORTH UT of doors human subjects serve the photog-rapher in one of three ways: they are there tohave their pictures taken, or to tell a story, or toassist in the development of the scene pic-torially. His task in the first instance is themaking of a portrait; in the second, the making of a genrepicture; in the third, the making of a landscape. In the firsttwo cases he cannot get along without the figures. In thethird, his first business is to inquire whether he can get alongwithout them or not. There are certain landscapes which willnot tolerate their introduction. They cannot heighten the im-pressiveness of a picture which is dominated by awe, or themajesty of nature or elemental force. They are difficult in 122
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