RECREA TION. 



KEEP 

 YOUR EYE 



On this space. 

 It will contain something of 



Special Interest 



to Amateur Photographers 



Next Month. 



C. CENERT. 



24 East 13th St., New York. 



The Society of Amateur Photographers 

 of New York will hold its Annual Spring Ex- 

 hibition of members' work, from March 13th to 

 27th, 1895. Committee :— E. T. Birdsall, Dr. 

 Janeway and W. E. Johnson. 



By combining the principals and results of the 

 kinetoscope and phonograph, Edison promises to 

 reproduce theatre and opera, with life-sized 

 artists and full vocal and musical accompani- 

 ment. 



Lunar photography at Lick Observatory, 

 under the direction of Prof. E. S. Holden, has 

 attained remarkable results. Accurate relief maps 

 of the moon are now made, showing its surface 

 as it is believed it would appear to one standing 

 on it, the surface being illuminated by the stars 

 and the reflected light of the earth. 



Amateur photographers are invited to send 

 specimens of their best work to Recreation. 

 Samples will be published from time to time, and 

 full credit given in each case. 



In photographing outdoor groups, always 

 have a club handy for any person who looks at 

 the camera. Nothing is more absurd than a pict- 

 ure of a party of men ostensibly fishing, cleaning 

 their guns or busying themselves in any way and 

 yet gazing at the camera. This always indicates 

 egotism on the part of the people who indulge in 

 it. Make your people attend strictly to busi- 

 ness, no matter whether they "look pleasant" 

 or not. 



Not much out door work is being done by 

 amateurs this month, but many pleasant and 

 profitable hours can be spent making lantern 

 slides, transparencies, contact prints, or enlarge- 

 ments from the negatives made during the 

 summer. 



By the aid of photography many old, back num- 

 ber parchments, left by the ancients, and which 

 have become so faded by age as to be illegible, 

 have been reproduced and the characters brought 

 out so strongly as to be easily read. "W here is this 

 thing going to stop? Next thing we know 

 some one will be telling us, by means of the 

 camera, what the sphinx is thinking about. 



For those who like a matt surface print the 

 new Aristo platinum paper will be found easy 

 to work. A great variety of tones, from a sepia 

 to a platinum black, can be produced on it, and 

 its keeping qualities make it doubly valuable. 



My wife and I greatly enjoy a camera, and 

 carry it with us on all our outing trips. Pleasant 

 days that might otherwise be forgotten are 

 brought back by the photo, which tells of the in- 

 cident just as it occurred. How much more in- 

 teresting is " Congratulations," the cover picture 

 of your December number, than a drawing would 

 be ! One can see that this is real — that it is no 

 fancy sketch. Your magazine will be a success. 

 I have seen but one number, but that proves it. 



Bonn Smith. 



