The photographic news

• Bandzählung: 24.1880
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1880
• Sprache: Englisch
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• Vorlage: Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [June 25, 1880. 310 All packing cases must be sent (carriage paid), addressed to the “Photographic Society of Great Britain,” care of Mr. James Bourlet, 17, Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital, London, so as to arrive not later than Friday, September 24th. Pictures by hand will be received at the Galleiy, 5a, Pall Mall East, on Friday, September 24th, until 9 p.m. No packing cases can be received at the Gallery. Each exhibitor must send a letter of advice (containing a description of each picture, as also a statement of process, and any further detail to be inserted in the Catalogue) addressed to the “ Hon. Secretary,” Photographic Society of Great Britain, 5a, Pall Mall East, London, S.W. Each frame or picture may have the Exhibitor’s name and subject neatly inscribed, but no address, or anything in the shape of an advertisement, will be permitted. No pictures in Oxford frames, and no pictures previously exhibited in London, will be admitted. Photographs coloured by scientific or mechanical means will be admissible. Photographs coloured by hand will not be admitted. Photographic apparatus and appliances may be sent for exhibition. Negatives and trans parencies will be admissible. The Hanging Committee will have the power of rejecting any pictures or apparatus forwarded. Notice will be sent to exhibitors when to fetch away those works which are left at the Gallery by hand. It is proposed to lay on the table a Catalogue containing the price of pictures to be disposed of; those who wish to avail themselves of this proposal will please state the price of their pictures in the letter of advice. Medals will be placed at the disposal of the Judges for artistic or scientific excellence. The Judges will consist of the following gentlemen :—Two Artists (Painters)—H. Stacey Marks, R.A., H. Moore; the President of the Society—James Glaisher, F.R.S., &c. ; two Members of the Council—Captain Abney, R.E., F.B.S., H. Baden Pritchard, F.O.S.; two Members of the Society—Frank M. Good, J. Gale. No charge will be made to members of the Society for exhi biting their pictures; but to non-members, a charge of one shilling per square foot will be made for wall space; the minimum charge being five shillings. Foreign photographers will, for the occasion, be considered honorary members. The charge for wall space to those exhibitors who may become members of the Society at the November meeting will be remitted. L. DARWIN, Lieut. R.E., Eon. Sec. Brompton Barracks, Chatham. Uorrespondence. GELATINE FAILURES. Dear Sir,—I herein send you one of our failures in working dry plates, believing a record of failures to be valuable, serving as a beacon light to warn others. A short, time ago we took a group of some seven persons, on the Saturday ; on the Monday the assistant called my attention to the plate, which was hopelessly ruined by a number of “stars.” He asked my opinion, but never having seen the like before I conld not say what was the cause, unless it was that the plate had not been in the alum bath long enough. A few days ago we went out together to take a view ; we took two cameras, so as to have two sizes ; we each developed our own, both being in the developing room together. He, having finished first, held his plate poised on the tips of his fingers and thumb, and washed under the tap ; in about a minute he called my attention to his plate. “ See here,” says he, “ it is rising into blisters ; ” and sure enough, there were five “ balloons ” on the plate. It is needless to say that the plate was ruined, and when dry there were five stars. The mystery was out: the gelatine had softened by the warmth of his fingers, causing the film to blister. From what I have seen of frilling I have come to the conclusion that frilling may be caused by incautious hand ling of the plate by people who have hot hands. I have noticed the film begin to frill at the sides when holding the plates by the edges.—I remain, respectfully yours, W. SYKES. THE OXYHYDROGEN LIGHT. My Dear Sir,—1 have read with much interest, in the pages of the News, the papers of Mr. Dallmeyer and the Rev. F. Hardwich upon the optical lantern and the lime light. I hoped that the discussion on the best form of lime light for the lantern might have been further taken up, as I am sure it is not yet exhausted. While tendering my best thanks to the Rev. F. Hardwich for his efforts to make the lantern more useful, I must confess I should like to know a little more of his reasons for such a strong predilection for the “ mixed ” jet over the form known as the “ blow through.” It appears that ho usually gets a picture from nine to ten feet in diameter. Now, as far as my experience goes, extending over the past twelve years, and that in many large lecture halls, I should expect to get a very brilliant picture with a “blow through” jet and a dense slide. Up to that size, 112 lbs. on the gas bag, I have seen on several occasions in Northampton a friend exhibit very dense slides up to 12 feet, very bright, with a very simple form of safety jet, and a very small consumption of gas- not more than 2} feet per hour. 1 I can quite understand that for the Rev. F. Hardwich the “ mixed ” jet may be on the whole the best, but for a large number of others it is an important point to decide on the best form of safety jet. Would Mr. Newton oblige your readers by giving his reasons for preferring the form of jet recommended by him a month ago, in which the oxygen passes over the hydrogen flame. He would confer a favour on me by so doing, and I am sure on many others interested in this matter.—I remain yours, very truly, W. W. T. RECEPTION ROOM DUTIES. Sir,—In your last “ Topic ” A Lady gives us her ideas of the duties of a reception room attendant. This is an important subject, and the article was doubtless read with especial interest by hundreds of your lady subscribers, and I think it just possible that the experiences of others may have still further interest ; with this belief I venture to trouble you with an account of the “ day’s doings ’’ in the 1 reception room of a country photographer. The business in which 1 am employed may fairly bo called a first-class one, where everything is carried on quietly, and in which photography is treated as a pro fession. I read with horror in the News a fortnight ago a short paper by a photographer who incidentally mentions I that he took 100 sitters after one o’clock on a Saturday. We do not attempt anything of this kind ; we don’t rush our sitters through the studio like a flock of sheep through a hedge, but we are quite satisfied if we have half a dozen sitters in a day. We can attend to so many, and treat them fairly ; the result is that our orders are so large that it takes two 8 of us to receive the sitters and turn out the work. The following is our ordinary routine. The business is 3 opened at half past eight o’clock, and while my young lady assistant dusts the reception room, I name and enter into a book kept for the purpose the negatives taken and varnished the previous day. The printer then brings the prints, which have been washing all night, for me ( to dry. I sort and look them over ; he then comes & again for me to make my usual complaints and receive d instructions; I then pass the prints over to my assistant to e cut and mount. I have all the proof negatives under my care until the orders are given. I enter and number each negative ordered from, with a print, into a catalogue, much valuable time being often otherwise lost in not knowing which position is wanted ; when an order comes in you i can turn to your catalogue, and find at once the one you require. My next duty is to send to the printer the nega- ) ) tives from which orders are required to be printed.