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deer. I then proposed that we try to get 

 a photograph of them. After hurried prep- 

 arations we got into our canoe, my brother 

 in the bow with the camera and I in the 

 stern. The light was poor and the cove in 

 which the deer were was in the shade ; but 

 as there was no perceptible wind I could 

 paddle quietly. While I paddled across the 

 lake we were compelled to keep in sight of 

 the deer. When we were about ioo yards 

 away the fawn on the left saw us, but for 

 some reason the old doe did not see us. I 

 kept paddling until we were near the deer, 

 when the canoe hit a sunken rock. As we 

 could not get the canoe off the rock, we 

 took the picture. Just then the old deer 

 scented us, and leaping out of the water 

 disappeared in the woods. The 2 fawns 

 ran to shore and one followed its mother. 

 The other stood in the road, which is in 

 the center of the photograph, and watched 

 us for a quarter of a minute. 



Henry S. Walker, Jr. 

 (See page 97.) 



The photo of a coyote howling is a snap 

 shot, printed on platinum paper. It repre- 

 sents my first attempt to develop a plate 

 and print a picture. I don't know what 

 kind of a lens is in my camera, but the 

 camera only cost about $8, lens and all. 

 The coyote was alive, though a pet one 

 that I raised here at my ranch. I found 

 the den, or nest, early last spring. In it 

 were 4 young coyotes with their eyes just 

 open. I killed 3 and took one home with 

 me. I raised it on sweet milk and meat 

 until 3 months old, since which he has lived 

 with the dogs on scraps thrown from the 

 kitchen. I was 10 or 15 feet away from 

 him at the time I took the photo, and he 

 howling his best. 



E. N. Good, Chillicothe, Tex. 

 (See page 105.) 



The picture entitled "Resting" was taken 

 with a Bausch & Lomb lens. The buck 

 weighed nearly 200 pounds and was badly 

 wounded, one of its hind legs being shat- 

 tered, or I should not have been so for- 

 tunate as to obtain this photo. The ex- 

 posure was z / 2 second, U. S. 32, about 10.30 

 in the morning of a bright day, at Big Ot- 

 ter lake, in the Adirondacks. The print 

 is on Velox paper. I use Carbutt's hydro- 

 chinone developer, which I mix myself. 

 Mrs. P. B. Kirschner, 

 Lowell, Mass. 

 (See page 105.) 



SEARCHING FOR PICTURES. 



C. A. Kolb, in the Camera and Dark Room. 

 Many amateurs have a lot of prints which 



excite little interest because they were 

 taken in a haphazard way, without the 

 least thought on the part of the operator 

 as to the result; but just to see how they 

 would look on paper. 



What we must do is look for our pic- 

 tures. If you find a bit of scenery you 

 think would make a pretty picture, do not 

 hurry to photograph it, but stop and con- 

 sider. Would it not be improved by tak- 

 ing it from a different point of view, or per- 

 haps by the introduction of a figure or 2, 

 or later in the day when the sun is at a 

 different angle? 



Nothing is to be gained by haste, when 

 with a little more time and thought you 

 can improve your picture tenfold. A 

 clump of trees, a country lane, a brook, 

 cattle grazing, all make pretty pictures, but 

 are greatly improved by the introduction of 

 figures. 



Never cut your picture exactly in half 

 by the horizon line nor have the foreground 

 take up so much of the picture that the 

 remainder is perched in the upper corner. 

 Study your subject; look at your ground 

 glass and note the different points, and do 

 not give an instantaneous exposure when 

 there is no excuse for your not making it 

 a time exposure. 



Stop your lens well down, but of course 

 do not use too small a stop. If your re- 

 sult is unsatisfactory, see what the trouble 

 is and try again. 



In portraiture, never use the plain side of 

 a house for a background ; shrubbery or 

 grapevine is better. Never allow your sub- 

 jects to stare into space, but have them 

 rest their eyes on some object. This will 

 do away with that unpleasant vacant look. 

 Your subjects will invariably look at your 

 camera, unless told otherwise, and if they 

 do not lower their heads they will at least 

 their eyes, which has an unsatisfactory 

 effect. 



Photographing babies is considered the 

 most difficult branch of photography, but 

 will be found easy if a few suggestions 

 are heeded. The best way is to have some- 

 one at your back or right hand to amuse 

 the child with a toy or the like. Then 

 when you get the desired expression, make 

 the exposure, which, for the reason that 

 the little imps are seldom still, should be 

 as short as possible. Therefore, use a large 

 stop. 



Never place your subjects in strong sun- 

 light, but do not on the contrary tuck them 

 away in a dark corner. Place them neai 

 the edge of a shadow where the light is 

 strong. When placing subjects beneath 

 trees, be careful of shadows. Look for pic- 

 tures everywhere, in the woods, on the 

 water, at home ; everywhere you will find 

 story-telling pictures which will amply re' 

 pay you for your trouble. 



