Identifier: americanannualof36newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Sophie L. Lauffer (1876-1970) Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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or three evenings walking around looking for pictures that will lend themselves to night rendering.Wandering around aimlessly with the heavy apparatus needed is more than discouraging. Having chosen some half dozen or so likely subjects, you st^art out another evening with the proper equipment. A view camera is absolutely essential as seldom does one take a scene which does not contain a building or other structure, and what is worse than faulty architecture? A little precaution at the beginning will encourage one to do more of this kind of work. A good substantial tripod is needed. Wind, storm, rumbling vehicles all are to be thought of. A large rubber focusing cloth will be helpful for focusing and in case of storm. As for films or plates, I have found portrait films have given me the best results, especially when the black paper that comes between them is placed in the holder. Much has been said about the lens, and I hope that I will not shock the reader when he hears that I have always used 156
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AN ANCIENT LANDMARK.Gum Palladium. SOPHIE L. LAUFFER. 157 a soft focus lens of two elements. The rear element used alone and stopped down to F/6 or F/8 has given the best results. The barrel acts as an excellent hood. At night one does not see every detail, then why not use a lens of the soft focus type? Relative to exposure, take an evening before starting on your real expedition, go a short distance from home and make three or four exposures of the same scene, varying the time from one-half minute to fifteen minutes. Experience is the best and only teacher. Select that point of view which will have the lights evenly distributed. Glaring lights should be avoided. A cap is to be preferred when making the exposure. Each time a lighted vehicle passes, cap the lens, otherwise streaks are produced across the plate. When developing, aim for the softness, the mellowness of night. A developer of the Azol or Rodinal type has proven most successful for this. If there be much halation this canbe remedied if

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