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RECREATION. 



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. 



8th ANNUAL COMPETITION. 

 Recreation has conducted 7 amateur 

 photographic competitions, all of which 

 have been eminently successful. The 8th 

 opened April 1st, 1903, and will close No- 

 vember 30th, I903. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 

 awarded: 



First 7 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- 

 mat Unicum Shutter, and listed at $61.50. 



Third prize: A Royal Anastigmat Lena, 4 x 5, 

 made by the Rochester Lens Co., Rochester, -N. 

 Y.; listed at $36. 



Fourth prize A Waterproof Wall Tent, 12 x 16, 

 made by Abercrombie & Fitch, New York, and 

 listed at $32. 



Fifth prize: An Al- Vista-Panoramic Camera, 

 made by the Multiscope and Film Co., Burlington, 

 Wis., and listed at $30. 



Sixth prize: A No. 3 Focusing Weno Hawk- 

 eye Camera, made by the Blair Camera Co., 

 Rochester, N. Y., and listed at $27.50. 



Seventh prize: A high grade Fishing Reel, 

 made by W. H. Talbot, Nevada, Mo., and listed 

 at $20. 



Eighth prize: A Tourist Hawkeye Camera, 

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

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



Ninth prize: A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, made 

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

 listed at $8. 



Tenth prize: A pair of High ' Grade Skates, 

 made by Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass., 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. 



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. 



lens. 



On a 



Printed on 



Length of exposure, 



plate, 

 paper. 



Then add any further information yud 

 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 an $2.50 on 

 a single package of a dozen pictures, in ad- 

 dition to that prepaid by the sender, on ac- 

 count 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. 



PASSE-PARTOUT FRAMING. 



R. S. KAUFMAN. 



Passe-partout mounting of photographs, 

 or any kind of pictures, is becoming more 

 popular every day. This was shown at the 

 exhibitions last winter. Passe-partout af- 

 fords a cheap yet artistic means of protect- 

 ing photographic work, as well as the many 

 good illustrations found in the magazines 

 of today. These can not be displayed to 

 advantage without framing, and expensive 

 frames often detract from the simplicity of 

 the subject, whereas passe-partout merely 

 adds to the simplicity. 



In one sense, passe-partout is not a frame. 

 It is simply a print mounted in the regular 

 way, on any shade of mount, with a glass 

 cover, and the whole held together by an 

 edge binding, of linen or tough, pebbled 

 paper. With the great number of shades 

 of mounting papers now on the market, 

 there is no end to the variety of tones and 

 combinations to be obtained, to harmonize 

 with the tone of the print to be framed. 

 This simple method of framing will sur- 

 prise and charm those who have not seen 

 pictures thus mounted. A description of 

 the process gives but a faint idea of the 

 beautiful effects that may be obtained. 



The best way to handle passe-partouts 



