. Portrait . not only improve his lighting, butwill shorten the exposure. Just here I cannot refrain from again insisting on theuse of a good strong reflector. It may not be in strictaccordance with our former ideas of what is artistic,but what is of greater importance—it gives, or helps togive, good clear, catchy pictures, and that, it seems tome, is what we are specially in need of just at this time. For a lighting showing as much contrast as this Imodify my developer somewhat. Just here I will givethe formula of my developer, as from this time on I willhave to refer to it often. The old-tim
. Portrait . not only improve his lighting, butwill shorten the exposure. Just here I cannot refrain from again insisting on theuse of a good strong reflector. It may not be in strictaccordance with our former ideas of what is artistic,but what is of greater importance—it gives, or helps togive, good clear, catchy pictures, and that, it seems tome, is what we are specially in need of just at this time. For a lighting showing as much contrast as this Imodify my developer somewhat. Just here I will givethe formula of my developer, as from this time on I willhave to refer to it often. The old-time gray-hairedpyro is still doing business at the same old stand sofar as I am concerned. The stock solutions are: No. 1 - Carbonate soda to test 40°No. 2 - Sulphite soda to test 70°No. 3 - Water 16 oz. Oxalic acid -__ 15 gr. Pyro 1 oz. These solutions should be kept separate until ready to normal solution, for a normally lighted andtimed plate, is: No. 1 1 oz. No. 2 1 oz- No. 3 1 oz. Water 8 oz. 4. Cyko Portrait at Home,the result of sitting- shown on pagre 6 7* O V t V a i i This furnishes the operator with a flexible developerthat can be altered in any way he may desire after heonce fully understands the nature of the chemicals em-ployed and their action on the plate. Carbonate sodais for action and the softening of the film; the sulphitefor color and printing quality, and pyro for blackeningand contrast. If, as in our present example of lighting,the contrast is in excess, we know that if possible it
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