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August 9th, 1933
Thi amateur photographer
■s 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER a
Mr. W. J. GEORGE.
Methods and Ideals of well-known Pictorial Workers.
From information communicated to our Special Representative.
the P.O.P. type of negative, which’T think is the most suitable for chlorobromide.
“ As for subjects, I cannot resist the play of sunshine, especially contre jour ; am fond of portraiture ; but lean, if anything, towards child studies and still life, the latter often of a whimsical turn. Flashlight has served me in good stead, particularly with children, and used in conjunction with daylight and Azol developer it can produce quite soft lighting effects.
“ My printing media are ch lorobromide and bromide, the former developed in M.Q. and the latter in amidol. I do not object to modifying either negative or print.
" The print called ‘ Concentration ’ was the outcome of watching the lads write a holiday letter. Taken in an ordinary living-room one August after¬ noon by the light of one window and a reflector, the exposure was three seconds at f/5.6. The natural pose was obtained by allowing the boys actually to do what the picture represents, arresting movement when the ex¬ posure was to take place. Too con¬ trasty a negative was avoided by a dilute developer, and a resort to the ‘ water bath ’ to allow the thinner portions to build up.
“ For ‘ Good Companions ’ a 1 00watt lamp was used rather low down on the right, with a reflector on the left. The first negative, developed before the ‘ scene ’ was dismantled, showed errors in composition and technique. An immediate readjust¬ ment of subject-matter, and an ex¬ posure of four minutes at f/22 gave the result reproduced — a virtuously straight print on bromide.
“ Some may say that this was a lot of trouble for a small result. Perhaps ; but what I then learnt stood me in good stead only a week later. And even in photography one must ‘ give, or woo in vain
“ *S a lad I roamed my native Forest of Dean armed with a tiny box camera, made locally, containing one small plate, a pinhole for lens, and a cardboard-cum-elastic shutter. Little was gained pictorially, but I learnt the value of adequate exposure, and the necessity of seeking pictures instead of waiting for them to turn up.
“ In later years I progressed in technique, used many kinds of cameras, did my own enlarging, and at last reached that ‘ dangerous ’ stage when, my results being the admiration of a circle of friends as innocently ignorant of exhibition stand¬ ards as myself, there seemed no more photographic worlds to conquer. Just
when the hobby seemed likely to pall, my salvation was brought about by my being introduced to a Postal Society. The criticisms received in that and similar societies had a salutary effect, and such progress as has been achieved since is due in large measure to this, and to the advice given and the pictures studied in The Amateur Photographer.
“ I work with several types of camera, my favourite being a J-plate Soho reflex, complete with filter and large lens hood. I use Soft-Gradation plates chiefly in a Mackenzie-Wishart slide, but find film packs excellent for holiday work. My negatives are de¬ veloped in dilute M.Q. by inspection after desensitising, and I try to obtain
Good Companions.
By W. J. George.
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