Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer (1934)

November 7th, 1934 I iHi AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER o ^ASN and By “ FREELANCE.” the CAMERA The photographer w^ho wishes to make money from his hobby, or at least to make it self-supporting, will find some useful market tips in this feature. Landscape, child, and animal photographs are / sought, for postcard reproduction, by Wilson Bros., Ltd., 80, Great Eastern Street, London, E.C.4. Pay¬ ment for accepted pictures is on acceptance. Agricultural photographs are used as illustrations to a feature dealing with farming and allied subjects in the Daily Mail, and the market is worth bearing in mind. A similar opening, for gardening photographs, exists in the Daily Herald. Good payment is made for suitable pictures of gardens. Photographs of small sections of gardens appear to be in greater demand than general views. " Send us some of youi* snapshots,” invites Car Topics, 418-422, Strand, London, W.C.2. The rate paid is 5s. per print, and overseas pictures as well as scenes in Great Britain are used. It is not essential that the subjects include a car. Mr. W. X. Bethel, 166, West Van Buren, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., states that he desires photographs of amusing epitaphs. Snapshotters capable of taking clear pictures are invited to write, ” as you may live near an epitaph I want.” _ Good landscape pictures are used by Windsor Magazine, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London, E.C.4. With the approach of winter, shop window displays are assuming rather more importance, for artificial lighting lends itself to the creation of some novel effects. Photo¬ graphs of such displays, if the subjects are original, are in demand among the trade periodicals dealing with the trade concerned. If you have an acquaintance who has constructed some¬ thing novel or intricate in the model line, a likely market for a photograph of the object is Hobbies Weekly, Dereham, Norfolk. Weekly Illustrated, a photogravure periodical launched a short time ago, is using many photographs. All, however, must be striking. Series in particular are favourably considered. One such series depicted various phases in the day’s work at a racehorse stable. Pictorial Education, INIontague House, Russell Square, London, S.W.i, is a magazine worth studying by photo¬ graphers who can supply pictures of the ” how it is done ” type. Payment is good. Another firm purchasing photographs for postcard reproduction is Valentine A Sons, Ltd., Dimdee. They particularly require close-up child portraits. Cat and dog pictures are also in demand here. Cycling, 5-15, Roseber}' Avenue, London, E.C.i, has a ” Tourists’ Page,” for which photographs are considered. Pictures of quaint rural customs that cyclists might ride to see are used, together with about 150 words of letterpress. Contributions of this type, showing annual customs, should be submitted well in advance of the date. Photographs of curiosities seen by tourists are used on the same page. A pair of pictures recently used, for instance, showed curious gates. If you know a friend who is skilled at some unusual handicraft, and can obtain a photograph of some of the work produced, a likely market is Modern Woman, 8— ii, Southampton Street, London, W.C.2. A short MS. describing the operations should accompany the photo¬ graphs. Onr Own Magazine, 3-5, Wigmore Street, London, W.i, uses animal and child portraits. Photographs of interest to readers in the Midlands are used by Birmingham Weekly Post, 6, Cannon Street, Birmingham. A half-page picture of a Midland beautyspot is used frequently on the cover. The question of a satisfactory mountant for prints is always occurring to the amateur photographer, as frequently, in fact, as it does to the office worker who requires a good adhesive for variouspurposes. A new moun¬ tant called " Fixol,” which has been put on the market b}' Fixol & Stickphast, Ltd., 27 and 47, Garden Row, London, S.E.i, seems to fulfil both conditions admir¬ ably. Primarily it is an extremely satisfactory mountant in that it is very adhesive indeed and is not too ” wet.” For this reason quite small touches of it applied to the corners of a photograph will hold even a fairly large print very firmly. It is sufficiently fluid, however, to brush evenly over a large surface without lumps or other troubles from foreign matter. These points are also in its favour for office use, and the new aluminium con¬ tainer is particularly worthy of note. This not only holds a considerable quantity of the paste, and is equipped with a very efficient brush fastened to the cover of the container, but the paste is kept always near the top by a patent rising base. This is pushed up from time to time as the upper part of the paste in the container is used. It is certainly one of the cleanest mountants in use that we have seen. The large size container with brush top and rising base sells at is. 6d., and a smaller size in a different con¬ tainer with loose brush sells at gd. It is obtainable from all photographic dealers and stationers, or direct from the above address. A POCKET cine projector that is really practical in use and will either project a small picture, or can be used as a viewing apparatus while a cine film is in motion within the container is a definite attraction that will appeal to a great number of readers who use 9.5-mm. films. When, in addition, it is stated that this attractive article sells at only 25s., we believe that it will have very extensive sales during the Christ¬ mas period, and at all times as a useful piece of apparatus as well as an entertainment novelty. It is called the ” Presenta ” Pocket Cine, and is so small and light that it can be held easily in one hand. When it is opened a charger of 9.5-mm. film is adjusted within and connected with a winder. The film can then be seen in motion by holding the apparatus to the light, looking through the sighting lens and winding the film. For use as a projector an ordin¬ ary miniature electric light bulb is fitted which works off an ordinary 4^volt flashlamp battery. A brilliant image on a small scale is then pro¬ jected but is sufficiently large to en¬ tertain a considerable number of people. The " Presenta ” Pocket Cine is self-contained and is always ready both for viewing, projection or for film editing. It is obtainable from many dealers or direct from Presenta, Ltd., 74, Chiswell Street, London, E.C.i, 421 I'l