By far the finest field for the Jonapshotter is the instantaneous portraiture of children; frequently such pictures give more real pleasure to the parents than posed Jand conventional studio portraits.
Here indeed do we find the Elysian fields waiting to enchant the amateur photographer, particularly if he or. she has' growing children around.—For nowhere Jean the hand-camera give greater or more lasting pleasure than in making pictures of the children they pass through the stages, Well d ne is indeed worth What constitutes a real por What 4 living souvenir of the child or adult we know, and the other but map of his features, calling forth no answering chords in the mind Jof the observer? o answer is ikeness, expression, and the presence or lack of personality in the portrait, y subject has pore sonality and character which the real portrait hay found and it is recognized at once. The other por= trait missed it and shows but the outward form. Everything, thei fore, must give way to a correct representation of likeness and. per sonality, which necessarily includes expression and pose. All the artifices of portrait workers in any medium are permis 10 ong as these are It is obvious that the at home has many. advi to counterbalance itis possible luck of technique. Who nas not seen won derful snapshot portraits of child ren? The reason why they are so good is that the subjects were at Jease and absolutely natural and have not that "being photographed" camera-conscious look which is distressing,
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