Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . )T0 BY JAMES SHEPARD. ROARING BROOK, SOUTHINGTON, CONN. 45 The intensifieT as given above is not a novelty. Edward L. Wilsonrefers to it in his Cyclopaedic Photography, but omits the details,which may be helpful to photographers. The purpose of this article isto call renewed attention to an intensifier that has been undeservedlyneglected. When I asked a professional photographer the other day which in-tensifier he was in the habit of using, his reply was : Never use a plate needs intensification I throw it away and make anotherexposure. That is
Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . )T0 BY JAMES SHEPARD. ROARING BROOK, SOUTHINGTON, CONN. 45 The intensifieT as given above is not a novelty. Edward L. Wilsonrefers to it in his Cyclopaedic Photography, but omits the details,which may be helpful to photographers. The purpose of this article isto call renewed attention to an intensifier that has been undeservedlyneglected. When I asked a professional photographer the other day which in-tensifier he was in the habit of using, his reply was : Never use a plate needs intensification I throw it away and make anotherexposure. That is all very well, for he confines his business to por-traiture ; but circumstances may arise, even with him, that may ren-der the employment of an intensifier not only desirable, but Photo by Hugo Erichskn. THE DETROIT RIVER. Some day one of his customers may die shortly after being photo-graphed, and our friend may then be compelled to have recourse to thedespised intensifier. In the case of landscape photographers, who areoften prevented by circumstances from taking the same view twice, theintensifier commends itself. The picture which accompanies this article shows the ferry-boatAriel crossing the Detroit River from Walkerville, Ontario, which isvisible on the other side, to the American shore, on which the picturewas taken. The day on which the author photographed the boat wasa bitterly cold one, and the cloudy sky threatened snow. As the pho-tograph was an instantaneous one, the result was far from satisfactoryuntil the negative was intensified with the above-mentioned trust they will be given a trial by all who are interested in the art-science, and that they may be the means of saving many negatives. 46 It may interest the readers of the Bulleti
Size: 1859px × 1345px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectphotogr, bookyear1870
