Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer (1933)

January 4th, 1933 k AMATEUa PHOTOGRAPHER ta 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER o he Photographer^ s This calendar is intended to A T T^TVT'T'A A T"^ provide the amateur photo ■ ZA I rH J^y I ■ ZA grapher with practical sugges \._A L \ M^l ^ k ^ JL AA V. tions throughout the year. The subjects suggested are seasonable. If it is kept for handy reference, no doubt scores of additional topical subjects will occur to the photographer’s mind. January. OMMENCE the New Year by resolving to make the best of your apparatus for the en¬ suing twelve months. Tree outlines can provide a fas¬ cinating and instructive subject. When the branches are bare, the oak, beech, elm, lime, poplar, and so on, all possess a distinct forma¬ tion. After a time you will easily recognise each kind by this method. Such a collection will be found to be particularly helpful to children. Birds are frequent visitors to our gardens in search of food. Provide a bird-table, construct a "hide,” and obtain an interesting collection of bird photographs. In the country you will find the farmer busy preparing the land. Here is an opportunity for plough¬ ing scenes and so on. Nature may be kind and provide snow scenes, skating, frost, and the effects of the thaw. February. If it is a proverbial month of “ February fill-dyke,” it will give you the opportunity of obtaining wet-day photographs in town and coimtry. Sodden fields, flooded roads, and rivers. Hunting in the rain. Signs of returning spring will tal<e you to the crocus field and the daffodil woods. Shrove Tuesday may give you some amusing snaps. March. Spring returns, showing signs of new life in fields, woods and hedge¬ rows. The birds commence to build. Try bird-nesting with a camera. A collection of such prints is better than a collection of stuffed birds, stolen nests and eggs. The spring lambs in their frolic¬ some moods. In fact, young life of every kind. Springtime cloud effects will enhance the value of your landscape an^ seascape pictures if you learn how to record such effects in a realistic manner. April. Easter-time with its egg-roUing festivities will provide fine studies in child photography. April showers wiU turn your thoughts to procuring studies in reflections. Water will always add beauty to your pictures, so visit the fast¬ flowing streams and rivers, the placid lakes, the roaring waterfalls, rough seas ; and even the wet streets will provide subjects for the keen photographer. May. The glory of our English May turns our attention to the open air. AU photographers have some pastime which takes them into the open. So, whether it be hiking, cycling, motoring, swimming, or boating, you will find ample work for your camera to do. The cricket season is in full swing. Empire Day celebrations. May blossoms in profusion in hedgerow and orchard. Changeable weather is reaUy an advantage. June. The month of roses. Here is a glorious opportunity for those interested in flower photography. Garden subjects of aU descriptions. There is nothing more pleasing than a collection of beautiful garden photographs. Athletic sports, field days, tennis, yachting, racing, golf, will provide plenty of scope for those interested in high-speed work. All will be busy filling their picnic and luncheon baskets. A feast by the wayside will give you the oppor¬ tunity of securing snaps of your friends in the happiest of moods. July. This is the ideal month for the photographer. The days are long and the light is strong. In the heat of the July days the cattle, horses and sheep seek the welcome shade of the trees. Sunshine and shadow effects of all descriptions. Open-air swimming and sun¬ bathing in full swing. Pond-life studies, swans and ducks out with their young. Real summer pictures in town and country. Haymaking and other activities on the farm. Boating on the lakes, rivers, and waterways. August. Bank HoHday pictures in town and country, at the bus and railway stations, in the country, and at the seaside. Seize the opportunity of obtaining prize-winning happy snaps organised by nearly ail the dailies and other periodicals. You may be fortunate enough to clear your photographic expenses for the year. Agricultural shows held through¬ out the country. Prize-winning cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, poultry, and so on, all make very fine pictures. Not forgetting the judging ring, horse-leaping, and sheep-dog trials. Add to your collection of land¬ scapes, seascapes and country scenes. September. The farmer gets busy gathering in the harvest. Obtain pictures of the reaping and gathering of the com, the cutting and storing of the peat, the picking of the hops, and the gathering of the bracken. Autumn is now upon us. Repro¬ duce the autumn scenes with the faUing of the leaves. In the town parks, and in the country, the gardener and the sweeper wiU be found busy sweeping up the leaves and carting them away. 3 7