12 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Each Subject Gets. 
Close Individual Study 
I do not care to rush a sitting, by this’ I mean that I do not seat a Subject in a 
chair, tell him to look pleasant and then snap him three or four times. Of course, 
if this is the method you like, | am willing to use it, but I prefer a chance to study 
the little individual -peculiarities and ways which must be brought out if the 
photograph is to be a successful portrait and not a mere fixing of a face under 
strained and unnatural conditions. Each subject needs just a bit different light, 
Surroundings and pose. These are the things I like to give, and the result is a 
finished, artistic picture. 
Children make nearly the most satisfactory sitters, for they are easily drawn 
out of themselves and interested in their surroundings. This makes them natural 
and gives a portrait of the child as he is in his home life. Closest study of the 
individual results in truthful photographs. 
E. G. MERRILL 
256% Essex Street, Salem 
Open until 5 
After July First the Studio 
will close at 12 on Wednesdays 
Telephone 165-13 
