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Title: Complete self-instructing library of practical photography
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Schriever, J. B. (James Boniface), b. 1868, ed American School of Art and Photography (Scranton, Pa.)
Subjects: Photography
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., American School of Art and Photography
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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in itself, isnecessarily created with the idea that it will be seen fromcertain probable and particular standpoints. The photog-rapher has chosen, undoubtedly, the correct point of view—since there is perfect symmetry in it. The predominatingfeature being the porch, he has directed attention to it byplacing it in the foreground of his picture. (See Page 48.) The value of the foreground in worjs of this kind is notalways rightly appreciated. Nothing is more incongruousthan to see the foreground of a photograph cut off imme-diately in front of a vertical column or wall. In this picturethe floor lines in front of the embankment, instinctively con-vey the sense of space and suggest that one is standing at adistance from the nearest vertical plane. Moreover, blankwall surfaces always play an important part in an archi-tectural design. Their proportions and general arrange-ments often test severely even the skill of the architect.We can see that the photographer has not slighted this fea-
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:W YORK LIBRARY Hon) io Understand and Enjoy the Studies. 321 ture, and in order that his drawing may be correct hasseen to it that all upright lines are vertical in the photo-graph. The lighting is good, and, on the whole, the pictureis an excellent example of Architectural Photography. In Study No. 4, we have an architectural photographthat is not only a fine record of fact, but a picture as well.The photographer has not only succeeded in interpreting thelines of this handsome residence in a truthful and intelligentmanner, but has also idealized it. By securing the beautyof the surroundings, the graceful shrubbery, and an interest-ing sky, he has given us the building as the principal pointof interest in his picture like a gem in its setting. Thefundamental requirement of every architectural photographis true and perfect perspective, which here is good. (SeePage 44.) Ordinarily nothing near the camera should be includedin the composition, as distortion is likely to ensue and proveve

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