AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



U A Bird on the plate is worth 2 in the bag^ 

 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: 



Fiist 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., Yonkers, N. Y., fitted with a Goerz 

 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 13. & L. 

 Iris Diaphragm and Leather Carrying Case; listed at #33. 



Fifth prize: A Waterproof Wall Tent, i?xi6, made by 

 D. T. Abercrombie & 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. \ ., and listed at 

 $15. 



Eighth prize. A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, made by the 

 Morton 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 eacli be awarded one 

 dozen 5x7 Carbutt Plates. 



The 10 next best pictures 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, 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. 



In submitting pictures, please write simply 

 your fuli name, and address on the back of 

 each, and number such prints as you may 

 send, 1, 2, 3, etc. Then in a letter addressed 

 Photographic Editor, Recreation, say for in- 

 stance. 



No. 1 is entitled . 



Made with a camera. 



lens. 



On a 



Printed on 



plate. 



paper. 



Length of exposure, 



Then add any further information you 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 postage. 

 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 postage here. I 

 have paid as high as $2. 50 on a single package 

 of a dozen pictures, in addition to that pre- 

 paid by the sender, on account of too much 

 writing on the prints. 



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, 



To the amateur striving to make real 

 pictures, suitable for reproduction or* to 

 put on the market, I offer one piece of ad- 

 vice, that to me seems worth its weight in 

 gold. Cultivate simplicity. If you are 

 working on interiors don't lug all the 

 choice vases, tables, chairs and pillows 

 from 2 or 3 rooms and pile them in some 

 well lighted spot. Strive for just a simple, 

 homelike bit. 



A better illustration could not be given 

 of my meaning than the series of interiors 

 that have been running several months in 

 the Ladies' Home Journal. The object of 

 these pictures seems to be to prove that 

 it is possible to cover every foot of floor, 

 side wall and ceiling with duffle. It gives 

 the effect of a house furnishing shop or a 

 fancy bazaar. There is no breadth of space 

 or effect of homelike peace, comfort and 

 rest about them. A practical person is led 

 to wonder how they are swept and gar 

 nished and kept sanitary. 



As an object lesson in furnishing, these 

 pictures are distinctly bad. They are badly 

 crowded, and the whole art loving world 

 has laughed at the overcrowded homes of 

 America for years as it is. Because these 

 pictures are accepted and published by the 

 Journal, there are thousands of its readers 

 who, without giving the matter more 

 thought, will suppose that is the way a 

 home should look. Tfc-.ey will nail up pic- 

 tures, crowd in furnishings, and pile up 

 pillows and cushions until presently w* 

 shall hear of some c.*- fhem dying from 

 suffocation on their v«Ty hearthstomw 



If you are working with models and ex- 

 pect yftTir piciur.es to be taken seriously 



