OUT-DOOR WORK.
The foregoing have given you pra&ical instruEtions in the manipulation of your Kodak, the seleCtion of stop and exposure for the various lines of work. The question now arises in your mind "What shall I take? " Probably like most beginners you desire to make your first attempts out of doors.
It is hardly necessary for one to leave the vicinity of his own home to find suitable subje}s from which to make interesting This includes those living in the thickly populated cities as well as those of the rural distriels, the former giving us as one of the most interesting subjeas, "street life." This includes mostly moving object s, the teams drawing heavy trucks, the cars loaded with their passengers, the little old woman who keeps the apple stand at the corner, strange and odd charajters frequently seen in most cities, and the newsboy who will nearly always " give you a chance " if you take him right. In the country we find the mill, the rustic
bridge, the pond with its bordering rushes, the old boat drawn up on the bank of the creek, an occasional glimpse at a herd of cattle, all of which subjeEts are good material for artistic and offer numerous opportu nities for various compositions, and one to obtain the best results must necessarily have an active sense of perception, a quick eye and hand.
For all photographic work including rapid movement, sunlight is necessary. The nearer the objea to be photographed is to the camera the more rapid must be the working of the shutter. If the reader is of an experimental turn, he has fully learned, from his experiences in development, the result of making a snap-shot on a cloudy day.