AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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



/ 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, 



Recreation 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 Focus Korona Camera, 5x7, 

 made by the Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y., 

 fitted with a Turner-Reich Anastigmat 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 Goertz Double Anastigmat Lens and New Auto- 

 matic T. I. B. Shutter, and listed at $61 50. 



Third prize: An Al-Vista Panoramic Camera, made by 

 the Multiscope 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?. 



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. 



<" 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 pjctures 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 write siuk 

 ply your full name and address on the 

 back of each, and number such prints as 

 you may send, I, 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. 



plate. 



On a 



Printed on 



Length of exposure, 



paper. 



Then add any further information jou 

 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. 



IMPROVING DEFECTIVE NEGATIVES. 



Many negatives are thrown away by both 

 professionals and amateurs because they 

 are defective, and operators do not know 

 how to utilize them. Having devoted a 

 good deal of time to experimenting in that 

 line, I give my experience. 



Many negatives are wrongly treated. 

 Thus, when amateurs have a negative 

 which has a general fog all over, they treat 

 it as a thin, flat negative, and intensify it, 

 making the fog thicker, instead of clearing 

 it. Fog is one of the greatest evils photog- 

 raphers have to contend against. There are 

 2 kinds of fog, plain and colored. The 

 former is caused by some white light, 

 other than that which enters the camera 

 by the lens, affecting the plate, and the lat- 

 ter by the developer fogging the plate. 

 Both these fogs may be entirely removed, 

 providing the following methods are used : 

 The first kind of fog may be prevented by 

 carefully examining the camera. This may 

 be done by taking the camera out in a 

 strong light, placing the cap over the lens, 

 and looking through, Laving well covered 

 your head with a focusing cloth, so as to 

 exclude all light from the back. If any 

 white light comes through the bellows or 

 any other parts of the camera, it should be 

 stopped. A good plan is to cover the pin- 

 holes in the camera with strips of black gum 



