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Identifier: americanannualof1911newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ecessarily be some-what limited by reason of the domination of light and shade. One of the most treacherous pitfalls into which the beginnerin oil printing is most likely to fall is the misjudgment ofexposure. With improper timing of the print the novice willgenerally find much difficulty in controlling the ink. As onebecomes more accustomed to the handling of brushes and pig-ment the question of exact, or nearly exact, exposure becomesless vital to a successful result, and the reason is that a skillfulbrush-touch and a nice judgment of the consistency of the inkwill go far toward rectifying a slight error in exposure. Thereare instances, indeed, where certain evening effects are desiredwhen over exposure is a distinct advantage because in thatcase the pigment is readily retained in all parts of the gelatineground and the result, under careful brush action, is a softand mellow quality highly suggestive of the close of day. Inthe print entitled Now Came Still Evening On the exposure lO
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SLEIGH RIDING. O. C. CONKLING. visable. If the paper is laid between several thicknesses ofsome opaque material (the black lining of a dry plate boxserves excellently) and put into a warm oven for a moment ortwo it will insure a good printing condition, and this matter ofthe dryness of the paper plays no small part in exposure andconsequently in the final result. Dampness in the paper andmoisture in the atmosphere have a decidedly deleterious effecton oil prints and it is, therefore, better to choose a dry, clearday, for working the process. Prints made in hot and humidweather are frequently stubborn in pigmenting and the finishedpicture lacking in richness of tone and texture. Upon finding under his hand such latitude of personal con-trol the natural tendency of the oil worker (and especially thenovice) is to greatly overdo it. Let us always bear in mindthe regrettable fact that a delicate, true and discriminating artis-tic sense is granted to but few and it is, to a great degree,inn

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