AMATEUR PHOTOGKAl'IIY. 



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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 

 anszver any questions and to print any items sent 

 me by practical amateurs relating to their expert 

 ence in photography. 



No. 1 is entitled 

 Made with a 



camera. 



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. 



Secon 1 prize: A No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, 

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

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

 mat 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 S40. 



Fourth prize: A Wizard C Camera, 4 x 5, 

 made by the Manhattan Optical Co.. Cresskill, 

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

 Carrying Case: listed at S3 3- 



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

 male 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 Si 5- 



Eighth prize: A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, 

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

 listed at $6. 



The to next best pictures will each be awarded 

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

 butt Dry Plate Co., Wavne Junction, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



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, 

 £ay, for instance: 



lens. 



On a plate. 



Printed on paper. 



ill of exposure. 



Then add any further information you 

 may deem of interest to the judge-, 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 

 zvay. Many otherwise fine pictures have 

 failed to win in the former competitions 

 because the makers did not heed this warn- 

 ing. 



WITH THE BEGINNER. 



Photographing coins, medals and other 

 engraved silver articles offers a good field 

 for amateurs. Much practice and experi- 

 menting are needed. The secret of success 

 lies in the lighting. Ordinary daylight will 

 not give the best results. There is nothing 

 to equal a good kerosene lamp, shielded al- 

 most all around with a plaster-of-paris 

 shield, after the style of a microscope 

 lamp. This arrangement permits of a soft 

 light being concentrated on the article 

 from the correct angle to best bring out all 

 the delicate detail, with a vigor that can 

 not be obtained in any other way ; the tak- 

 ing of a plaster or sulphur cast is often rec- 

 ommended, but it is not the most satis- 

 factory method if the best obtainable re- 

 sults are desired. The use of putty or like 

 matter to give a deadened surface is also 

 objectionable. Properly lighted, as de- 

 scribed, the articles themselves, just as 

 they come from the silversmith's hands, 

 will give results that will be a revelation 

 to one who has attempted the work in the 

 ordinary manner. 



Imitation enamel pictures may be made 

 as follows : Glass, porcelain, metal, or any 

 other surface that will stand the heat is 

 employed as the final support for a carbon 

 print. The print may be colored, if desired, 

 before the application of the varnish, or ja- 

 panning. This latter consists of applying 



