Overland Prize Photographic Contest-VIII [pp. 124-129]

Number 69 EVALINA'S GARDEN
Miss Marion Randall, Piedmont, Alameda Count-, California
that the sun must be in a position to cast
the shadows with most effect; one must be
able to perceive the most effective time for
the picture, and the length of exposure.
The Rev. W. H. Burbank, in his interesting
suggestions on photography, advises overexposure for harsh, contrary subjects, short
exposure for tame subjects, and normal exposures for harmonious subjects. One must
have good judgment and a proper comprehension of the values of things that appear in the composition. If you do not
forget to remove your slide, or drop your
cap so that it rolls out of reach, or neglect to
turn your slide after the picture is taken,
you will be rejoiced to see, in the process of
development, a favorite scene immortalized
by your witches' toy.
The place of development, the dark room,
often hides great disorder. The chemicals
spill, the water runs over. The face is
likely to be smeared and the hands and
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clothes discolored. The amateur is "always
washing, never clean," as Mark Twain said
of the inhabitants of Italy. There is a
peculiar knack about developing. The beginner may sometimes succeed far better
than the experienced amateur after a few
trials.
Much depends upon good taste in the
printing and mounting. Snow and ice
scenes present beautiful effects as blue
prints. A warm summer scene should be
printed in a warm color. There is a great
choice of materials in photography as there
is of color in painting, and in the finest
photographs the sense of color is produced
even though it be not there. In "An Adventure with Photography," Octave Thanet
relates the very amusing experiences of
the amateur, and side by side with sarcastic
flashes upon photographic platitudes, there
are chemical formult and the results of
experiment that show from how many