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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1912 (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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uette effect of branches and trunk against sky. Backedorthochromatic plates should be used; otherwise the smallerbranches and twigs will be lost through halation. If grandeur is to be represented in a landscape, as in arocky district, select masses few but bold, lines straight andtheir junctions rectangular. Gentle curves, as of grassyslopes, should not go prominently into the picture. Do notintroduce the human figure, but if life is needed make use ofsome indigenous animal placed insignificantly, but not inthe foreground. The rocks and crags should be few andoccupy a large portion of the picture. Gloom is better thandaylight, lowering sky than dappled clouds. The distanceshould be shrouded in haze to produce mystery. Shadows inthe foreground should be heavy masses, but full of detail andmay perhaps be emphasized better with ordinary than withorthochromatic plates. The camera should be very much elevated when taking anearby view of a tree, or the tree should be taken at a distance 264
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PORTRAIT. J. Ellsworth Gross. and enlarged, so as to avoid the effect of looking upward.A little movement in the foliage may be an advantage some-times as showing motion. A little halation may also be anadvantage for the same reason. The principal object should if possible be supplemented byone of lesser importance as a secondary object. As, if alarge tree is near the camera there may be a smaller onein the distance. If a group of people are in the foregroundthere may be a smaller group in the distance. In photographing distant views, which consist principallyof light tones, introduce dark object in foreground to giveforce and consistency. If a group is included in landscape, the group must usuallydominate the landscape, and one of the figures must dominatethe group. If a group of trees, one tree must dominate theothers. In the introduction of figures in landscapes, when it is de-sired that there be a feeling of openness to the landscape, thefigures should be placed near the principal

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