. Portrait . most unwieldy and prosaic poses known to the por-traitist. For, as mentioned before, the picturesqueness of thehuman figure depends largely on slight shifts of thefigure, foreward, backward or sideways as it may be,that destroy the absolute symmetry of proportionsand permit the display of receding planes. The painter of A Rose has made the most of thiselement of shght distortion. He was fully aware ofthe dangers of foreshortening, but courageously went towork, and mastered it in a new and delightful fashion. PORTRAIT An Ingenious Vignetter for Enlarging OFTENTIMES we receive descr
. Portrait . most unwieldy and prosaic poses known to the por-traitist. For, as mentioned before, the picturesqueness of thehuman figure depends largely on slight shifts of thefigure, foreward, backward or sideways as it may be,that destroy the absolute symmetry of proportionsand permit the display of receding planes. The painter of A Rose has made the most of thiselement of shght distortion. He was fully aware ofthe dangers of foreshortening, but courageously went towork, and mastered it in a new and delightful fashion. PORTRAIT An Ingenious Vignetter for Enlarging OFTENTIMES we receive descriptions of novelmethods of increasing efficiency in studio work,which we are always glad to publish in Por-trait. There now comes to hand from Mr. John Baer,1213 Lydia Street, Kansas City, Mo., a sketch and aletter describing an enlarging vignetter that is so goodwe pass it along for the benefit of all. The accompanying diagram of this vignetter practi-cally explains itself, so there is little need for an ex-. tensive description here. It consists of a large sheetof cardboard, 18 x 24 inches, to which is attached twodisks, 18 inches in diameter, also made of disks are held in place on the large sheet, andcan be moved to whatever position is desired by meansof a milled screw. The cardboard sheet has a square opening in thecenter, and each disk likewise has the same size open- PORTRAIT ing to correspond. The disks, besides, each have sixopenings of various shapes and sizes which, when used,alone permit of twelve different vignettes, and whenused in combination, of an almost unlimited projecting prints, this vignetter is suspendedbetween the enlarging camera and the easel at therequired distance, and produces very effective results. The cardboards are fastened to the ceiling by a ropeand pulley arrangement, as shown, and the counter-balancing weight makes it extremely simple to handlethe vignetter easily and run it up out of the way whennot in use. Such
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