AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



" For sport the lens is better than the gun. " 

 I wish to make this department of the utmost 

 use to amateurs. I shall, therefore, be glad to 

 answer any questions and to print any items sent 

 me by practical amateurs relating to their experi- 

 ence in photography. 



7th ANNUAL COMPETITION. 



Recreation has conducted 6 amateur 

 photographic competitions, all of which 

 have been eminently successful. The 7th 

 opened April 1st, 1902, and will close No- 

 vember 30th, 1902. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 

 awarded : 



First prize; A Long Focus Korona Camera 

 5x7, made by the Gundlach Optical Co., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., fitted with a Turner-Reich Anastig- 

 mat Lens, and listed at $85. 



Second prize: A No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, 

 made by the Eastman Kodak Co.. Rochester, N. 

 Y., fitted with a Bausch & Lomb Lens Plastig- 

 niat Unicum Shutter, and listed at $61.50. 



Third prize : An Al-Vista-Panoramic Camera, 

 made by the 'Vultiscope and Film Co., Burlington, 

 Wis., and listed at $40. 



Fourth prize: A Wizard C Camera, 4x5, 

 made by the Manhattan Optical Co. Cresskill, 

 N. J., with B. & L. Iris Diaphragm and Leather 

 Carrying Case; listed at $3,3. 



Fifth prize: A Waterproof Wall Tent, 12 x 16, 

 made by D. T. Abercrombie & Co., New York, 

 and Listed at S3 2. 



Sixth prize: A Gold Hunting Case Watch; 

 listed at S50. 



Seventh prize: A Tourist Hawkeye Camera, 

 4x5, and made by the Blair Camera Co., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., and listed at $15. 



Eighth prize : A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, 

 made by the Horton Mfg. Co., Bristol, Conn., and 

 listed at §6. 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 8x10 Carbutt Plates, made by the Car- 

 butt Dry Plate Co., Wavne Junction, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. . i 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 5x7 Carbutt Plates. 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 4x5 Carbutt Plates. 



A special prize : A Goerz Binocular Field Glass, 

 listed at $74.25, will be given for the best picture 

 of a live wild animal. 



Subjects are limited to wild animals, 

 birds, fishes, camp scenes, and to figures or 

 groups of persons, or animals, repre- 

 senting in a truthful manner shooting, fish- 

 ing, amateur photography, bicycling, sail- 

 ing or other form of outdoor or indoor 

 sport or recreation. Awards to be made 

 by 3 judges, none of whom shall be com- 

 petitors. 



Conditions: Contestants must submit 2 

 mounted prints, either silver, bromide, 

 platinum or carbon, of each subject, which, 

 as well as the negative, shall become the 

 property of Recreation. Negatives not to 

 be sent unless called for. 



In submitting pictures, please write sim- 

 ply your full name and address on the back 

 of each, and number such prints as you 

 may send, 1, 2, 3, etc. Then in a letter ad- 

 dressed Photographic Editor, Recreation, 

 say, for instance : 



No. 1 is entitled 

 Made with a 



camera. 



On a 



lens. 



plate. 



paper. 



Printed on 



Length of exposure, 



Then add any further information you 

 may deem of interest to the judges, or to 

 other amateur photographers. Same as to 

 Nos. 2, 3, etc. 



This is necessary in order to save post- 

 age. In all cases where more than the 

 name and address of the sender and serial 

 number of picture are written on the back 

 of prints I am required to pay letter post- 

 age here. I have paid as high as $2.50 on 

 a single package of a dozen pictures, in 

 addition to that prepaid by the sender, on 

 account of too much writing on the prints. 



Any number of subjects may be sub- 

 mitted. 



Pictures that may have been published 

 elsewhere, or that may have been entered 

 in any other competition, not available. No 

 entry fee charged. 



Don't let people who pose for you look 

 at the camera. Occupy them in some other 

 way. Many otherwise fine pictures have 

 failed to win in the former competitions 

 because the makers did not heed this warn- 

 ing-. 



THE WORKROOM. 



For spotting mat prints, such as Velox, 

 bromide, or platinum, the general practice 

 of using a spotting brush and India ink, is 

 not the only or most satisfactory method. 

 A brush is an unwieldy thing for one so 

 little accustomed to it as photographers in 

 general. I have been using a certain pencil 

 several years, and I find it superior in many 

 ways. The fact that this pencil is unknown 

 to photographers and has been introduced 

 only recently, probably accounts for its not 

 being used. This is the "Negro" pencil, 

 made by Hardtmuth, of Vienna, and it can 

 be obtained from dealers in artists' ma- 

 terials. They claim it is neither graphite 

 nor crayon, but keep its composition a se- 

 cret. It is made in 5 grades. For spot- 

 ting, No. 5, the hard, for light and delicate 

 work, and No. 1 or 2, soft, for blacks will 

 be found sufficient. Work done with these 

 pencils does not shine as with the graphite 

 or lead pencil, and it does not rub off like 

 crayon work; besides it is much cleaner. 

 Spotting is done much more quickly and 

 neatly in this manner, than with a brush. 

 An error can easily be erased with a •rub- 

 ber. 



While developing Velox, bromide, or 

 other papers, it often happens that some 

 part of a print comes out too black, or over- 

 exposed, while the remainder of the print 

 is properly exposed. This can be avoided, 

 by plunging the print into clean water, or 



