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October 18th, 1933
The AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER a 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER a
ing the
INDUSTRY
By “ FLEE TWING ”
baskets on to the market. This presents many photographic oppor¬ tunities, and a shutter speed of about i/iooth sec. should be used. For general views of the drifters, i/25th sec. will obtain good results.
The drifters which have discharged their herring and are preparing to leave again for the fishing grounds, should not be neglected. A host of close-ups and little scenes will pre¬ sent themselves, such as fishermen mending the nets, which is always a picturesque subject. The photo¬ grapher will find the fishermen generally willing to co-operate in
A scene on the fish market showing a drifter's crew landing the herring.
fl 8, Ilford Iso. Zenith.
One of the troughs showing the girls at work. 1/200 th sec., f/6.5.
making a good picture, the promise of a print will work wonders ; but keep your promise, these folk value a photograph, and a few prints in return for their assistance will not cost the photographer much.
Assuming that the market pictures have been taken, the photographer should now visit the pickling plots, for it is here that the picturesque Scotch fisher-lassies will be found, dressed in oilskins and the familiar Scotch shawl. These girls, exposed
to biting east winds and all kinds of weather, prepare thousands of herring for export to the Continent, and to secure action photographs of these girls a shutter speed of at least i/iooth sec. will be necessary, as the speed at which the}' work is amazing. Care must be taken not to obstruct the girls in their work ; if the photographer does, he will find his presence very unwelcome, thus ruining his chances of obtaining a picture.
After the herring are gutted, they are salted and packed into barrels ready for export. Here again the camera may be usefully employed, close-ups being easily obtained, and, if posed, slow shutter speeds may be used. During rough weather, when the drifters are unable to fish, interesting pictures are possible of groups of the Scotch girls during their enforced idleness.
During the season, fresh herring as well as salted are exported. The fresh herring are iced and packed into cases and then loaded into the cargo steamers which sail regularly from Lowestoft. This work usually takes place at night, and byusing hypersensitive plates a record may be secured.
Towards the end of the herring season, and after Christmas, the quays present a busy scene when the barrels of salted herring are sent to Altona and the chief Baltic ports.
In conclusion, a personal hint may prove of value. Do not visit the herring markets wearing your Sunday best ; an old suit and a good pair of boots are sensible wear for a photographic excursion of this nature.
Scottish fisher-girls waiting for the fleet to come in.
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