International photographer (Jan-Dec 1934)

1 hirty-two The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER August, 1934 Qt IOC US BE A BUG PHOTOGRAPHER We were fortunate this month in securing a one-half tone cut (that has been used before) of Mr. Layton Imidge, the original inventor of the three legged tripod. Mr. Imidge used a "Watkind" exposure meter and a ground glassless ground glass on his camera. In the background is the famous Imidge Deep Sea Tripod. This is mounted in a boat and can be lowered by letting water into the boat, and raised by hading the water out. Mr. Imidge is the author of "Make Money With Your Camera" (and has been trying to, for years), and in between "makes" has bent his fragile pen on the following article. Thanks! Mr. Imidge. We owe you "something." |HY not make some extra money during August, September and the first two weeks in October? It can be done and all you need is a camera and some film. Then get "dressed up" to go fox hunting, like the gent in the above picture, and take your camera out in the garden. Opportunity lies in both directions. We can have our choice of flowers, beautiful vista's trees or bugs. So, let's go bugs. This is very interesting work and if enough time and effort are given to this subject one may become an expert. Bug experts are in demand at the present time and the mere fact of admitting you are "buggy" will do no good. It is necessary that you prove it, and with the aid of your pictures you will be able to convince the most skeptical. Now we are in the garden. We look about and see if we can catch an insect of the suborder Heteroptera or of the order Hemiptera. A Trilobita, Pycnogonida, Entomostraca or a Malacostraca will do. We might even find a Bufonadae which is of the suborder Phaneroglossa. These can be easily identified as they have procoelous vertebrae without ribs and no teeth which is something these days. If this is going to cause too much arguing we can take a small crustacean. Their bodies are covered with a chitinous integument with calcareous matter. If you don't care for some of this, and still want a crustacean, try hitting it with a hammer. If it cracks — that's it. Now we have a bug. Then go get yourself a board. Take a nail in the right hand, a hammer in the left, and have some one hold the bug while you drive the nail through it. This is just a minor detail, but the idea is to keep the bug from moving away when you are ready to make your exposure. After the bug has been nailed, go sit on a rock until the bug stops wiggling. Of course you could hit the bug on the head with a hammer to stop the wiggling, but this might change its appearance. Now the bug has stopped wiggling. Start to set up the camera and go back to the house for the set screw for the tripod, that you left on the table. You are back again and the camera and tripod are ready. The next thing is to hang the board where the light will be good and this is on a tree. Nail the board to the tree and as soon as this is done you will discover the bug has fallen off the board and is lost in the grass. You should have one nail left and this should be used in making the board on the tree secure. Drive the nails all the way in and then look for another bug. Time flys. You have another bug, and when you go to nail it on the board you discover the light has changed and the board is in the shadow. This is something that can not be prevented as the sun moves from east to west, so do not become discouraged. Try and remove the board from the tree and you will notice that it splits easilv. A crustacean on a split board would not be considered good composition so a new board must be procured. Oak is a hard wood and does not split if holes have been drilled for the nails. The dining room table is generally made of oak, and after you have sawed the center out of the table and drilled the holes for the nails, we go back to the garden and discover the ground glass was left off the back of the camera and some cute little cuckoos have built a n?st in the bellows. This brings us to — Bird Life. This is a very interesting subject and if we can borrow the dictionary again and find some more trick words, we will do something about it. YES, INDEED By A. Kamera Mann It's a heluva a lot of comfort To a feller when he's dead, To have hi-falutin speeches Over his carcass said. It must be a lot of comfort To a sucker in his grave, To be all deckerayted With the flowers some one gave. It must be a lot consolin' The nice things people say, When he's lost his sense of hearin' Bein' just a chunk of clay. Yes, the. flowers and the speeches And the tears that's fur him shed. Are a heluva a lot of comfort To a feller when he's dead. Take a tip from me, my comrade, If you have a rose to give; Hand it to me when I need it — Let me have it while I live. Please mention The International Photographer when corresponding with advertisers.