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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



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Photographs That Express Thought 



From a remarkable set of photographs 

 sent to this office by Mr. Harry Whittier 

 Frees of Oaks, Pennsylvania, a selection 

 of six is here shown. These are of inter- 

 est not only to photographers but to all 

 lovers of cats and clogs. One hardly 

 knows which to admire the most, the 

 pleasing expressions of the actors or the 

 skill of the photographer. To a letter of 

 inquiry Mr. Frees writes as follows: 



"I do not train my animals. They are 

 all photographed when young ; the pic- 

 tures are obtainable only through kind- 

 ness and patience. I have made a study 



matter how 7 well you are able to photo- 

 graph the animals." 



To photographers, these are words of 

 wisdom. "About one-third photography 

 and two-thirds ability to conceive and 

 plan." There is wisdom, not only in 

 posing but in photographing. Every 

 camerist should combine skill and imag- 

 ination with his camera. For twenty-five 

 years I have been receiving photographs 

 from artists in all parts of the world in 

 which the greatest lack as a whole is not 

 a lack of definition nor of the right kind 

 of paper but of ideas. Pictures of nature 

 may be made anywhere by pointing the 



ANXIETY AND PLACIDITY. 



of animal nature for ten years or more 

 and have developed somewhat of an in- 

 tuitive sense as to when to press the but- 

 ton. I use no special lens or appliances. 

 A studio with plenty of light is required." 

 "Such pictures are about one-third 

 photography and two-thirds ability to 

 conceive and plan. If you are not able 

 to devise the different 'stunts,' your pic- 

 tures will be practically worthless, no 



camera toward the four points of the 

 compass and securing four photographs. 

 This may be continued with the chang- 

 ing of Nature's dress during the year and 

 a large number of photographs obtained, 

 but the trouble would be that not one ot 

 them, in ordinary circumstances, would 

 express any special idea. Nature photog- 

 raphers should use their camera to ex- 

 press thought, as they use a pen. Sup- 



