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PHOTOGRAPHIC ART SECRETS WALES, LARKSPUR Plate 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC ART SECRETS With a General Discussion of Processes BY WALLACE NUTTING, D. D. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR DODD, MEAD COMPANY NEW YORK 1931 CONTENTS PAGE Is PHOTOGRAPHY AN AET 1 CAMERA 3 THE GROUND GLASS 5 THE TRIPOD 6 THE LENS 7 THE SHUTTER 8 THE Focus 9 THE SWING BACK 14 EXPOSURE 16 THE TIME or DAY 10 LATITUDE FROM THE EQUATOR 24 LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT 24 MOVEMENT OF THE SUBJECT 26 THE PLATE 31 COMPOSITION 38 ANIMAL PICTURES 55 OUTDOOR PICTURES OF PERSONS 57 THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF STORIES ......... 59 THE BORDERLAND OF MYSTERY 60 THE MERIT OF DEFECTS 67 MOONLIGHT EFFECTS .69 THE ILLUSTRATION OF ESTATES ... 70 COMMERCIAL PICTURES 71 CONTENTS PAGE MOVING PICTURES ... t . ....... L, 74 FLOWER COMPOSITIONS 1-1 t . .1 76 PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLORS 78 DARK ROOMS 79 LANTERN SLIDES 84 RETOUCHING 86 THE CHOICE OF THEMES 87 PRINTING PROCESSES 89 DISPLAY OF PICTURES 93 THE CARBON PROCESS 94 BROADER APPLICATIONS 96 THE TRUTH AND PHOTOGRAPHY 97 GOOD HUNTING GROUND-99 CANADA 102 OTHER PARTS OP AMERICA 103 EUROPE 103 AFRICA 107 MEETING TROUBLES 108 NOTES ON PICTURES 113 vi ILLUSTRATIONS PLATB 1 Wales, larkspur Frontispiece 2 On the Teme, Ludlow Facing 6 3 England, the overshot wheel 6 4 Colorado, in the Garden of the Gods .... Following 6 5 A California pond 6 6 Stepping stones at Bolton Abhey, England 6 7 Entrance to the harbor of Malta 6 8 Italy, Amalfi 6 9 The temple at Paestum 6 10 Connecticut, the sheep pen 6 11 New Hampshire, Mount Washington ahead 6 12 Virginia, Harpers Ferry 6 13 The Oregon stream 6 14 The way to Ranier . 6 15 A Washington drive 6 16 A Minnewaska cliff drive. New York .... 6 17 Ontario, an artists river 6 18 Batavia, New York 6 19 A southern manor house, South Carolina . . Facing 7 20 A banyan tree, Florida 7 Exposure table 16 21 Monmouth bridge arch c 22 22 Florida, evening, Indian River 22 23 England, the old Saxon tower ..... 22 24 Parlor, Cutler house 22 25 The milk yoke ......... Following 22 vii ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 26 Florida, the Schooner cottage . . . . . Following 22 27 A Maryland manor 22 28 Rhode Island, a warm spring day .... 22 29 St. Michaels Mount, England Facing 23 30 A village green, Biddestone 23 31 Wales, the tranquil vale 23 32 At St. Marys, Taunton, England .... 33 33 A street border, England 38 34 The Abbey road Following 38 35 Scotland beautiful 3S 6 Florida, the royal palm . 38 37 On the Avon 38 38 Rhode Island, curling snow fingers .... 38 39 New Jersey, a canal curve 38 40 Rhode Island, Christmas welcome home ... 38 41 The Abbey by the stream 38 42 The smoke of evening fires 38 43 Florida, dak and resurrection fern .... 38 44 Way down in Dixie 38 45 Rhode Island, a walk under buttonwoods . 38 46 Florida, southern charm 8 47 Rock Ledge, Florida 38 48 England, the purple door Facing 30 49 The little church in the vale, England ... 39 50 England, Nethercote cottage 39 51 Stourhead church path, England .... 39 52 Spring at the mill 54 53 In the Dionysiac theatre at Athens .... 54 54s Seven domed church, Padua . ., ., ., . Following 5-4 viii ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 83 Clematis decoration Following 86 84 Italy, the well at Sorrento 86 85 Ross on the Wye . u 86 86 Pitchcombe farms 86 87 Durham Facing 87 88 A decorated roof, Ireland 87 89 A Chippendale chamber 102 90 Cutting a silhouette 102 91 Hollyhocks, . Following 102 92 Foxglove 102 93 Dunluce, Ireland 102 94 Hereford 102 95 RhodeIsland, morning among the birches . 102 96 New Jersey, russet and gold 102 97 Louisiana 102 98 Arizona, a Hopi home 102 99 Vermont, the Batten Kill 102 100 Maine . 102 101 Stepping Stones, England 102 102 Wall paper, the Altar 102 103 England, the nest Facing 103 104 England, below the arches ....... IQQ 105 The Lorna Doone brook, Devon HQ PHOTOGRAPHIC ART SECRETS