AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHS. 



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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. 



AND NOW COMES THE 6th COMPETITION. 



Recheation has conducted 5 amateur 

 photographic competitions, all of which 

 have been eminently successful. The 6th 

 opened April 1st, 1901, and will close No- 

 vember 30th, 1901. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 

 awarded: 



First prize: A Long £ocus 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 Goerz Double Anastigmat 

 Lens, and New Automatic T. I. B. Shutter, and 

 jisted at $61.50. 



Third prize: An Al- Vista-Panoramic Camera, 

 jaade by the Multiscope and Film Co., Burling- 

 fc»n, Wis., and listed at $40. 



Fourth prize: A Wizard C Camera, 4x5, 

 nade by the Manhattan Optical Co., Cresskill, 

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

 Carrying Case; listed at $33. 



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

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

 and listed at $32. 



Sixth prize : A Gold Hunting Case Watch, 

 listed at $20. 



Seventh prize : A Tourists Hawkeye Camera, 

 4x5, and made by the Blair Camera Co.. Rochester, 

 N. Y. and listed at $15. 



f ' 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 8 x 10 Carbutt Plates, made by the 

 Carbutt Dry Plate Co., Wayne Junction, Phila- 

 delphia, 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. 



Subjects are limited to wild animals, 

 birds, fishes, camp scenes and to figures or 

 groups of persons, or other animals, repre- 

 senting in a truthful manner shooting, 

 fishing, amateur photography, bicycling, 

 sailing or other form of outdoor or indoor 

 sport or recreation. Awards to be made 

 by 3 judges, none of whom shall be com- 

 petitors. 



Condition: 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 wr' L e Sim' 

 ply your full name and address < n the 

 back of each, and number such prints as 

 you may send, 1, 2, 3, etc. Then in a let- 



ter addressed Photographic Editor, Rec- 

 reation, say, for instance: 



No. 1 is entitled . 



Made with a camera. 



lens. 



On a 



Printed on 



plate. 



paper. 



Length of exposure, 



Then add any further information /ou 

 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 

 warning. 



PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS, 



Do not use old hypo. New is cheap 

 enough, and when a fixing bath is used 

 too long it becomes highly charged with 

 a deposit of nitrate of silver, and is apt to 

 stain the film. If one's hands become 

 stained wfth developer, I suggest 2 

 easy methods of cleaning them. One is to 

 pour a few drops of muriatic acid in a 

 minim measure and fill up with water. 

 Dip your fingers in this, wash them with 

 hot water and soap, and the stains will 

 disappear. The juice of a ripe tomato well 

 rubbed into the hands will also remove the 

 stains. If you are troubled with your neg- 

 atives frilling, give up using your alum 

 bath, which at best is rather troublesome, 

 rub a little vaseline on the outer ed & es 

 of the plate, and your troubles will 

 cease. Do not put on too much or it 

 will become mixed with the developer. If 

 you would like a pedestal for portrait work 

 and do not care to go to the expense of 

 buying one, procure 2 soap boxes from 

 your grocer and some marbled paper to 

 cover them. Join the ends of the boxes to- 

 gether and paste the marbled paper 

 neatly over them. Place a plant on top 

 and you will have a first class pedestal. 

 It can be made with 3 cheese boxes in- 

 stead of 2 soap boxes if desired. 



Should you ever be unfortunate enough 

 to break a focusing screen, a fairly good 



