The Photographic art-journal . e ourmind in the least, for we have fully demon-strated by careful experiments and tests,the truth of the above suggestions. Ourarticle for the next No. will be upon Light,a subject to which we have given muchstudy, but we very much question our ownability to describe in a comprehensive man-ner all of the niceties of our will, however, make our best endea-vors. The light obtained from & very largewindow is good for the execution of por-traits, care should be taken to place be-fore the window a white screen, to projectreflected light upon those parts
The Photographic art-journal . e ourmind in the least, for we have fully demon-strated by careful experiments and tests,the truth of the above suggestions. Ourarticle for the next No. will be upon Light,a subject to which we have given muchstudy, but we very much question our ownability to describe in a comprehensive man-ner all of the niceties of our will, however, make our best endea-vors. The light obtained from & very largewindow is good for the execution of por-traits, care should be taken to place be-fore the window a white screen, to projectreflected light upon those parts that are inshade; without this precaution we obtaintoo sudden a transition from light to dark, vol. v. no. iv. 8 which is not harmonious. A mirror sodisposed as to convey the reflected raysupon that part of the figure in shade, givealso a very beautiful effect. The modelshould thus bi placed between the directrays from the window, and those reflectedby the screen or mirror. 250 The rhotographio Art-Journal, April, T is now some fifteenyears since the daguerrean art was firstintroduced into thiscountry by Mr. Gou-rard, and ProfessorsMorse and Draper,yet it is but recentlythat the public have begunto look upon it as one of theimost pleasing, instructive,and beautiful gifts of thatallwise Providence, whomanifests his blessings and bene-fits at tbe time most conduciveto the welfare of his sun, which was originally supposed tobe intended merely to illuminate the world,has been, by degrees, discovered to be thegreat source of GocTs physical blessings tomankind. Through its influence, bythe will of the Creator, we live and move,and have our being ; through its influencewe are indebttd for all the delicacies andsubstantialities which give nouii&hment totjie body and pleasing sensations to thesenses; and to its influence do we owethe pleasant and touching remembrances ofdeparted relatives and friends. Painting and sculpture for ages engross-ed the attention and tast
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