(the Photomaion at Work: How to Look Pleasant When Being Taken: Robbing Photography of its Terrors Nearly everybody feels, "Oh, 1 must go and have my photograph taken some day," usually about once in three months. But with the trouble that it means, not to mention the expense, the photographer does not often' profit by. these wishes, and the photograph goes untaken for year after yea For first of all an appointment must be made, the day comes and tone must try to be beautiful to order, or as beautiful as one ca:
One teaches the photographer in demoralized, and nervous state.
One has then to sit still, trying not to get " glassy and strained look in the eye, or a fixed rigidity of the muscles, the while the photo-stepher grapples with hiv camera with great energy, handicapped, 90 it would seem to the sitter, by a large piece of black cloth obscuring more than half of both camera and photographer. Finally the deed is done and one can be one's normal self again, A week later one his to gather enough courage t when, sad to ed. One orders the best or a fe more are taken, and after anoth week or 50 the finished article is produced.
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