The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . CHAPTER XI A BOYS DARK-ROOM. There is no reason why an industrious boy cannot doa profitable business with a camera, when he has learnedto operate it successfully, does careful and neat work,and charges a reasonable price for his pictures. Themany monthly photographic competitions in the maga-zines should be a great help in showing where his faultslie, and when he has overcome these he should be ableto make considerable money from the cash prizesoffered. An amateur should master as much of the work aspossible. One of


The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . CHAPTER XI A BOYS DARK-ROOM. There is no reason why an industrious boy cannot doa profitable business with a camera, when he has learnedto operate it successfully, does careful and neat work,and charges a reasonable price for his pictures. Themany monthly photographic competitions in the maga-zines should be a great help in showing where his faultslie, and when he has overcome these he should be ableto make considerable money from the cash prizesoffered. An amateur should master as much of the work aspossible. One of the most interesting parts is missedif you pay a professional to develop your plates, and younever know where your faults have been made in takingthe pictures, by not seeing the manner in which theimage appears on the negative during the though you spoil one or two plates in your firstattempts at developing, your results on the whole willprobably be as good as those obtained by a professional,who is very often careless with amateurs work. No discussion of photography has been include


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