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ers of the Victor talking machine. The eye is attracted to the dog, but then immediately follows along with his gaze into the center of interest which is the horn.
In the picture of Spirit Lake at the foot of Mount St. Helen's in the State of Washington Ave find a different treatment of composition. (Scene 40, page 34.) Here the mass of stumps in the foreground and the tree trunk on the left-hand side hold the eye from slipping aAvay out of the border of the picture. The mass of timber on the wooded point on the righthand side leads the eye to the snow-capped mountain in the background, the result being a well-composed picture by the use of heavy masses. This mass control is also illustrated in the seascape, Scene 44, page 34. You will notice that it is almost impossible for the eye to seek a way out of the picture. Nature has always been known to use curves generously to beautify the landscape.
The picture of the Arizona oasis, Scene 44, page 36, shows the use of a large amount of sky as atmosphere. The eye is allowed to reach to the distant horizon on the left-hand side of the picture but is continually compelled to return to the main portion of the picture, which is made up of the horses and the sign in the foreground, and the effect gained is that of uninterrupted distance and of the lonesomeness of the town.
How much better it would be for the camera shooter, when out on his vacation with the family, to have pictures of his wife or his youngster looking at a beautiful scene, as illustrated for instance in the Pictures 42 and 43, than to confine himself to the commonplace vieAvs of his groups of people just staring into the lens. How much more pleasure when you come back from the vacation to have this combination of figure and landscape than either one separately.
It isn't necessary that the person be pointing at the landscape; in fact that's one thing to be carefully avoided, but the simple attitude of gazing at the landscape is quite sufficient.
The same general principles of composition that wTe have been talking about with reference to scenery, apply in the mak
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