Identifier: americanannualof1917newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (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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graphy. Its use adds briUiancy to everynegative, and makes easy work of some of thedifficult phases of the art. You can work di-rectly against the sun at midday without gettinghaze or fog. Flashlights giving unusual effects are easy byits use. It is a wonder that its beneficial features are not moreappreciated. I suppose it is because those devised to date areso bulky and unportable. A few years ago I described in this Annual a shade madeout of a pocket drinking cup. I have heard of its adoptionfrom all parts of the country, and praised enough to warrantme publishing my latest wrinkle along the same lines. The one I have now perfected is simpler than the former;more easily made; handier to carry, and costs^well—itshouldnt cost anything. It is made of a piece of fairly stiff black leather, preferablysole leather and about 1/16 of an inch thick. Its shape as finished and ready for the pocket is as perFigure I, while in Figure II the shade is seen in actual posi-tion on the camera. 150
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PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST LOUIS FLECKENSTEIN. ISI A. B. C. D, is the shape of the piece; E. E. E. E. are twopairs of complete glove fasteners, while F. is a small sectioncut out to enable one to read the stop numbers on the lens whenthe shade is on. The size of the piece will have to be determined by thediameter and angle of your lens. A good way to ascertain

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