The Studio and What to Do in It
by Robinson
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781152040571
Paperback|9781152040571
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...pictures. But portrait photographers cannot always select their-subjects, and must make the best of the material brought to them. Now, the most frequent group upon which the photographer is called to operate is that which is composed of two persons, often children--I hope to give the latter a chapter to themselves--but often of grown-up people, and perhaps most frequently, in holiday towns, young people on their honeymoon, who always seem to be animated with the very praiseworthy desire to have their portraits taken in their new relation. This is one of the easiest groups to take if managed well, but one of the most difficult if it is trifled with. As a rule, the best composition can be got if the lady is in a standing position, and the gentleman sitting. It need not be in a chair or in any very formal attitude, but on a table, or the end of a balustrade. This latter accessory, like all imitations, may be very good or very bad; it should not look clean-cut and new, and care should be taken not to make it prominent. If the picture under consideration is to be a three-quarter length--the most convenient form, perhaps--very little of the balustrade will show. Suppose, then, the gentleman sitting on, and the lady standing beside it. They need not be looking at each other; it is not often that a young couple can do this under the circumstances without laughing, but a common source of interest should be found or imagined. It is easy to suppose they were talking to a friend who does not appear in the picture, or that their attention is called to some interesting object. Resort should be had to any device to give the effect of life and movement to the group, and animation to the heads, and to take away that uneasy and penitential look of being...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152040571 |
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| ISBN-10 | 115204057X |
| Weight | 0.28 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.19 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 78 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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