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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
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CHRYSANTHEMUMSStudy No. 32—See Page 314 By Dr. A. R. Benedict Floral Photography. 249 sible draughts which might cause a slight movement of theflowers. The best position for the flowers is about 4 to 5 feetfrom the window, not on a line with the side of the windowbut a little back of it, the camera being placed on the op-posite side, and as near to the window as possible, A re-flecting screen should be employed to illuminate theshadows. 560. Diffusing the Light.—Many flower photographsare failures on account of harsh lighting. Impressions offlowers are gathered from them as seen in the midst of adiffused and gentle light, not fixed within a few feet of thewindow, exposed to what is essentially a harsh illuminationfrom a small source. Yet we must use the window in pho-tography for the light to be controllable at all. Therefore,endeavor to soften and diffuse the light coming through itas much as necessary. To do this, one of the most effectivemethods will be found explained in Parag

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