THE CAMERA 



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means in the world for enjoyment, re- 

 creation, and intellectual stimulus, and 

 find the camera an ever-ready 



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friend and accommodating comrade 

 through the entire year. A true 

 camerist learns to love his camera, and 

 to depend on it as on something almost 

 human. There are man}' kinds oi pic- 

 tures which are interesting and in- 

 structive to all that look at them, es- 

 pecially to camerists who are fasci- 

 nated by the work, and according to 

 their mental peculiarities and personal 



A STUDY OF PECULIAR TREE FORMATIONS. 



The trees are growing on the other side of a high 



bank or "dike," but the light was not right 



to show elevation. 



make a study of home portraiture, in- 

 doors and out. Here broad is the field 

 in which he may acquire knowledge. 



A 



OUT IX THE 



"READY-MADE PULPIT' 

 WOODS. 

 Formed from the base of a hollow tree which fell after 

 having burned partly through. 



disposition. One will take delight in 



getting an artistic picture of a spray of hie author nd fev of his "BOYS 



flowers or blossoms, or of even a single c 0N A . TRIP AL °NG the river. 



. i , 1 r> i ■ Summer or winter, mud or snow, they are always 



rose with a bud or two. Such a picture ready to g0 The writer on the extreme right 



brings its own reward, for it can never took the picture by pulling a thread 



become uninteresting. Another will attached to the camera. 



