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 j .7 . amateur 

 photographic competitions, all _ of which 

 have been eminently successful. The ' 8th 

 opened, ■■April' 1st, 1903, arid will close No- 

 vember 30th, 1903. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 

 awarded: 



. First prize: A • Long Focus Korona Camera, 

 5 x 7, 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, Plas'tig- 

 mat Unicum Shutter, and listed at $61.50. 



Third prize: A Royal Anastigmai Lens, 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, $3 2. 



; Fifth. \ prize : An Al- Vista-Panoramic Camera, 

 . made by, the ; Multiscope and Film Co., Burlington, 

 Wis., arid, 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, 

 4 x 5, 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 subfnit 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 you 

 may deem of interest to the judges, or ta 

 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 end 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 ar, $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 th* 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. 



WARM WEATHER WORK. 



The amateur who does much photograph- 

 ic work during the summer finds that as the 

 temperature rises his troubles, increase and 

 that plates, paper and solutions develop 

 unexpected peculiarities, so that it some- 

 times seems almost impossible to do satis- 

 factory work. ' 



One of the most exasperating mishaps 

 which may occur during hot, damp weather 

 is the sticking of the paper to the plate or 

 film during printing. It may result fror^ 

 a number of causes. A trifle too much 

 glycerine in the solution used for soaking 

 films causes the paper to stick as soon as 

 it touches the film ; and if film and paper 

 are left in contact for any length of time 

 a dirty yellow, stain will be found on t 1 e 

 film. 



A drop of water accidentally spattered on 

 the film side of a negative will soften the 

 gelatine and cause the paper to stick firmly 

 to it, so that when one tries to remove the 

 print; it is necessary to tear it off, leaving 

 a piece of the paper sticking on the film. 

 A negative in this condition is useless for 

 printing purposes and the question at once 

 arises as to the best means of removing 

 the stain. There are 2 methods by which 

 this may be accomplished. The amateur 



