PHOTOGRAPHY 



We have been thinking it over. We do not 

 see that we are getting into close enough 

 contact with our photographer friends, and 

 we propose to do so by offering our services 

 in their various difficulties. We know quite a 

 little about photography, we have a large 

 library of reference books at our disposal, 

 and what we don't know or our books won't 

 tell us, we can get from some of our expert 

 friends. 



We are fairly intimate, too, with all makes 

 and brands of apparatus, and shall be always 

 glad to give unbiased advice on the purchas- 

 ing of outfits or parts for any special pur- 

 poses. 



So let's hear from you. 



We have a new photographic competition 

 on tap. Particulars are given below, but we 

 want just a word or two with you regarding 

 the pictures. 



This is an amateur competition. It is open, 

 of course, to every one using a camera, but 

 we would rather that the professional cam- 

 erist — the man who can make a perfect pho- 

 tograph pretty near every time he touches 

 his shutter — should stay out of it. It does 

 not give the amateur a fair chance. So here's 

 to fair play. 



We want pictures of outdoor life, winter 

 sports, animal life in the open, pictures into 

 which the spirit of the strenuous life and the 

 charm of the life in the open enter. 



Birds' nests pictures we have got in the 

 past by the dozen, but if you have them of 

 the unusual kind, the sort that you had to 

 clamber up stiff cliffs or uncomputable trees 

 to get, why, those we are glad to see. And 

 sometimes, if there is a story attached to 

 your pictures, we can use that, too. 



RULES OF COMPETITION 

 Photographs mailed on or before < mid- 

 night on the last day of January will be 

 eligible for the February competition. The 

 rules governing this competition will be the 

 same as those governing the September 

 competition : 



First Prize $25.00 



Second Prize 10.00 



Third Prize 5.00 



(1) Awards will be made by the Art Editor *f 

 Recreation. 



(2) All photographs submitted will become the 

 property of Recreation, but no photograph will be 

 reproduced, other than the prize winners, without a 

 payment of One Dollar for its use. 



(3) The following questions should be answered 

 in submitting the prints: 



Subject (give full description)? 



Owner (if the prints represent houses, grounds, 

 animals or other objects of ownership) 



Location (near what city or town; geographical 

 name if a river or lake) ? 



Date of exposure? 



How many . views taken of general subject; 

 is this the best? 



Published or promise of publication elsewhere; if 

 so, what publication ? 



(4) Any subject representing outdoor life or sport 

 may be depicted. Birds and animals, fishing and 

 hunting are particularly desired. 



(5) Packages containing photographs should be 

 marked "Competition," and postage must be fully 

 prepaid. 



HOW TO MAKE LANTERN SLIDES 

 The advice in photographic journals about 

 this time is not to put the camera away for 

 the winter, but to take advantage of the 

 bright, brisk days when snow lies deep on 

 the ground and garner in many a picturesque 

 scene which, hung on your walls, will serve 

 to cool you during the hot days of next 

 summer. That is all very well. Good ad- 

 vice, too, but I know of something better to 

 occupy your time with during the winter, and 

 that is lantern-slide work. Remember the 

 illustrated lectures you have been to, and the 

 pleasure which the big pictures on the screen 

 gave you. Your own negatives, however in- 

 significant, will give you even more delight 

 when viewed in the same way, and many a 

 poor, unconsidered negative, which looks al- 

 together too small and mean to give a good 

 print will give a splendid picture when en- 

 larged, and possibly colored. A projecting 

 lantern for home use can be gotten from $10 

 up, and such a lantern will serve, too, for 

 small audiences. The making of the slide 

 itself presents no difficulties, but only a little 

 practice. Of course, the perfect slide is be- 

 yond us at first, but even your first efforts 

 will repay you on the screen. 



Here is the way to do it. Get a box of the 

 best lantern slide plate on the market, 3*4x4 

 inches in size. They are all best, according to 

 the makers, and I don't care to particularize 

 here as to brand. Almost any brand that is 

 good will do to start with. Some plates will 

 only give black tones, others will yield a va- 

 riety of tones. Perhaps you had better get two 

 dozen plates, one to give black tones, and the 



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