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522 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [October 30, 1868. light, coming in from the back, skimming the side of tho head. Very delicate and transparent effects, of which the engraving is a sample, are produced by this means. The subject entitled “The Sisters” is from an engraving pub lished by Goupel ; our illustration being a reduction, by Mr. Fruwirth’s process, of a wood engraving in an excellent little publication entitled the Children's Friend. It is not necessary to have a window in the background end of the studio to admit the light; it will be found quite suffi cient and effective if a portion of the roof is used. A clearer understanding of tho method will be obtained from a re ference to the diagram of the roof of the studio described in Chap. 30. The white spaces represent glass, covered with white blinds, numbered 1,2, 3, and 4. To produce the effect of light coming in from behind, the sitter is placed under No. 2, or rather nearer to the bar which divides 1 and 2. Blind No. 1 is pulled up, leaving clear glass, and blinds 2, 3, and 4 are pulled down ; being made of white calico they admit a small amount of light, which allows a very soft shadow on the face. The camera is placed under No. 4, or any dis tance beyond necessary to the size of the picture required. The exposure necessary will be found to be very little longer than for a portrait lighted in the usual manner. If the negative be not over-intensified—at first it is difficult to be lieve that the broad mass of the face should be left so thin —the result will be exceedingly fine, luminous, broad, and without heaviness. I have left out of tho account the side of the studio which should be blinded in the same proportion as the roof. If photographers could be persuaded to depart occasionally from the usual and monotonous manner of pro ducing portraits which make their photographs so very “ photographic " and unlike other works of art, they would soon find other variations in the mode of lighting which would create variety in their productions, and, in all proba bility, give their patrons a new interest in their works. One of the evils which has prevailed amongst photo graphers, and a very natural one, is, that they have studied
