AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



U A Bird on the plate is worth 2 in the bagT 

 AND NOW COMES THE 5 th COMPETITION. 



Recreation has conducted 4 amateur 

 photographic competitions, all of which 

 have been eminently successful. A fifth 

 will be held, which, it is believed, will be 

 far more fruitful than any of the others. 

 It opened April 1st, 1900, and will close 

 September 30th, 1900. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 

 awarded: 



Fust 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 Reflex Camera, 4x5, made by the 

 Reflex Camera Co., Yonkerp, N. Y., fitted with a Goc-rz 

 Double Anastigmat Lens, and listed at $75. 



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 $33. 



Fifth prize: A Waterproof Wall Tent, 12x16, made by 

 D. T. Abercombie & Co., New York, and listed at $32. 

 Sixth prize: A Gold Hunting Case Watch, listed at $30. 



Seventh Prize: A Tourist Hawkeye Camera, 4x5, made 

 by the Blair Camera Co., Rochester, N. Y., and listed at 

 $'5- 



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 8x10 Carbutt Plates, made by the Carbutt Dry 

 Plate Co., Wayne Junction, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded one 

 dozen 5x7 Carbutt Plates. 



The 10 next best pictures will eac.i 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, representing 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 competitors. 



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. The name and 

 address of the sender and title of picture to 

 be plainly written on back of each print. 

 Daylight, flashlight or electric light pictures 

 admissible. Prize winning photographs to 

 be published in Recreation, full credit being 

 given in all cases. 



Any number of subjects may be submitted. 



Pictures that may have been published else- 

 where, 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. 



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- 

 ences in photography. 



CAMERA NOTES. 



gene s. porter. 



Soon all the world and his brother will 

 be found in the woods and along the water 

 busily trying to make pictures. Photogra- 

 phers should now be getting their lamps 

 trimmed and burning, for this summer's 

 work will be the most ambitious in the 

 history of photography. Thousands of 

 prints will be made, and among them will 

 be some that will lift their owners to fame 

 and open the road to success. Now is the 

 time to oil your bellows, patch the pin 

 holes, polish lenses, get carrying case, 

 plate holders and outdoor paraphernalia 

 ready and clean up the dark room. 



It is a good idea to have an extra half 

 dozen plate holder slides. They are of 

 vulcanized rubber and break easily. I also 

 want a handful of tripod screws. They 

 make no trouble on land, but they seem to 

 slide through my fingers when I try to set 

 up a tripod in water or a marshy place. 



Before you attempt the composition and 

 timing of a picture you must know your 

 plate and your diaphragm. I do not be- 

 lieve there is much difference in the value 

 of the best makes of plates, but to know 

 your plate you must choose which you will 

 use and stick to it. The same rule applies 

 to paper and formulae. The photographer 

 who selects of the best brands of plates and 

 paper, and adopts reliable formulae and 

 sticks to them will come out miles ahead of 

 the one who rushes from brand to brand of 

 plates, wasting dollars' worth of material 

 and learning the possibilities of none; 

 dabbling in seas of developer, and trying 

 a dozen different makes of print paper, 

 with rag time names, without giving any 

 one a sufficient trial to master its possi- 

 bilities. Select 3 emulsions of some first 

 class make of plates, instantaneous, me- 

 dium and slow; but never use an instan- 

 taneous plate for anything except a snap 

 shot or indoor portrait work. 



Passevant says, "For landscape work, 

 where instantaneous exposure is not re- 

 quired, I believe, and always advise, that 

 a slow plate gives greater contrast and a 

 more brilliant image, while a rapid plate 

 gives a soft effect and a certain flatness 

 that are not easily overcome. In por- 

 traiture, where hard contrasts should be 

 avoided, these plates are very suitable. 

 More latitude is allowed both in the ex- 

 posure and in the development of a slow 

 plate. A photographer may be perfectly 

 acquainted with the capabilities of his plate 

 and lens, and on ordinary subjects will hit 



