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January 13 th, 1937
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“ (rMlN1A TORE ” NOTES
M M m Short articles, illustrations, hints and tips, formulae, reviews,
m fm ■ queries and replies dealing with Miniature Camera work will
^ J [w appear under this heading every week.
Finding Subjects :
By W. H. BEST. Ho w the Miniature Helps
only when you have your camera with you, but at all times, for possible subjects.
But if you do this you will soon discover an odd thing. It is that you will have a much more alert mind, and a much keener vision, when your camera is with you than when it is not. That
is why my ancient lea “ Atom ” spends all its life in my pocket ready for use — that, in fact, is one of the biggest reasons why I use a miniature. And I think you will agree that the accompany¬ ing pictures justify my habit of having the “ Atom ” always with me. Without it, most of the subjects would never even have been seen ; and certainly none of them would have been photographed.
The miniature camera is valuable as an aid to seeing from another standpoint, too. Its ever-readiness, its smallness and its inconspicuousness gradually develop in one an eye for unusual subjects
A Studio Portrait taken with the Miniature.
A Student at work.
— for the sort of subject that the solemn user of a more ponderous camera simply could not take. For this reason it is fair to say that the miniature camera extends the scope of photography just as much from the artistic point of view as it does from the technical.
Filing and Fitting.
Arc Welding.
nical knowledge and dexterity to learn to “ see ” pictures.
How can one learn ? Probably the best way is to be on the look-out, not
A Hindu Workman.
NOT long ago I had the interesting experience of comparing the pic¬ tures produced by two differ¬ ent workers, both very keen amateur photographers. Both produced photographs of ex¬ cellent technical quality, but while one man’s pictures were a joy to look at, the other man’s prints were — just dull ! He had not realised that it takes more than mere tech
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