PHOTOGRAPHY 



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subject present another or a better thing. Many times, 

 while trying to place in the preconceived arrangement 

 a seemingly reluctant flower or leaf, I have stumbled 

 upon a far better scheme. 



Another fertile field for photographic 

 Initials cultivation is in the designing of decora- 

 tive initials for books and magazines. 

 Here again simplicity is all important, for the initial is 



Water-lilies used to decorate a "Contents" page. This is applicable 

 to many uses other than that here shown. See page 70. 



obviously rather small, and complexity means failure. 

 The arrangement, also, should feel the influence of its 

 purpose, in that the line should generally lead inward, 

 toward the initial letter itself, and toward the printed 

 page. I have seen some horrible examples in the way 

 of initials in which a photograph had been used that 

 necessitated the drawing in of the actual initial letter 

 far from the upper right corner, and not close up to the 

 word of which the first letter was purloined. The 

 composition should always be so arranged as to permit 



