HOLIDAY PHOTOGRAPHY There are one or two special considerations that press for attention in the case of photo graphic work undertaken during a holiday. Frequently the work then done is of special interest and importance, and any failure is more serious than in the case of work which can easily be done over again. In the first place, it is well to form some idea beforehand of the kind of subjects to be dealt with in the place visited, as this to some extent decides the best form of apparatus to take for the pur pose. Whatever camera is used, it should be one with which the holiday-maker is already fami liar. Many disappointments have arisen from the use of new and unfamiliar apparatus specially bought for the occasion. Even the usual brand of plates should be adhered to, and it is well to take a full and reliable supply of them rather than depend on local purchases.
Some workers make a point of developing their plates from day to day as they are exposed. This certainly indicates enthusiasm, but it demands a considerable encroachment on the holiday leisure, and, as a rule, the results suffer on account of the lack of home facilities for the work. If all the exposures are carefully timed,
with the aid of a meter when necessary, it is pretty safe to defer development. In that case the exposed plates may be re-packed, carefully tied up, in the original boxes. They should be placed film to film, with cardboard separators or plain tissue paper (not printed matter) inter posed. At the same time it is advisable to make occasional exposures in duplicate and develop one of the plates. This can easily be done with the aid of developers ready prepared in some small, handy form, "tabloid" or otherwise, its main object being to ascertain that no unsus pected defect has developed in the shutter or some other part of the apparatus in use. When roll film is being used it is equally advisable to develop an occasional strip.