The American annual of photography . AN AUSTRALIAN. S. WITHRINGTON STUMP. 253. THE CAMERA AS A SKETCH-BOOK By J. E. ADNAMS N picture making many subjects are better ren-dered by drawing than by photography. Thecamera records such a lot of detail that is notonly unnecessary but absolutely detrimental tothe effect of the picture. This detail has to begot rid of somehow by the later manipulations, and that is notalways easy. In making a drawing it is simply left out. There is a charm about a well executed drawing, owing tothe personal element in it, and it would be a very interestingamusement and
The American annual of photography . AN AUSTRALIAN. S. WITHRINGTON STUMP. 253. THE CAMERA AS A SKETCH-BOOK By J. E. ADNAMS N picture making many subjects are better ren-dered by drawing than by photography. Thecamera records such a lot of detail that is notonly unnecessary but absolutely detrimental tothe effect of the picture. This detail has to begot rid of somehow by the later manipulations, and that is notalways easy. In making a drawing it is simply left out. There is a charm about a well executed drawing, owing tothe personal element in it, and it would be a very interestingamusement and one with great educational value for thephotographer to take up picture making by drawing, using hisphotography as a basis, just in the way in which he would usea sketch-book. The photographic print secures correct proportion and per-spective, while in the drawing detail can be omitted or altered(without losing truth to nature), parts of different photo-graphs can be combined, such as using the distance from onephotograph and the foreground from another, introducingfigures
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