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Manawatu Herald, 16 June 1896, Page 4

SHE aBACEEULPOSE. HOW TO SECURE THE BEST EFFECTS IN PHOTOGRAPHS. i XVbff -jyiack Attiro Should Bo Avoided. , Fall Length Better Than a Uust View. ' Why Actresses Blake Good Subjects — The Beauty of Carves. [Copyright, ISO 3, by American Pres3 Association.] "A plain woman will often make qiiite fis attractive a photograph as p. pretty cne if she knows hoy/ to dross and carry herself and always has a f nil length picture "instead of a bust portrait." II, a „ \ HIE CAHOLXJS DDVAN POSE. This opinion coming from an apostle of the new movement in photography whose exquisite poses aro attracting the attention of tho art world had weight ftndmeaning, and knowing that all women want to look their best when they finally screw their courage up to face a camera and get "taken* I tried to extract a little more valuable information for the benefit of the sisterhood. "Your figure," he went on, "is quite as characteristic as your face. You can tell your friend's form at some distance, even before you can distinguish the face. A picture, than, of your friend which takes in the form a3 well an the face has for you much more interest than simplj' a bust picture. "Suppose a lady whose quaint, picturesque or French stylo of dressing is a part of her individuality has a bust portrait taken. She loaes that distinguishing mark and comes down to the dead level of the mass of humanity. She must be judged with tho rest, and her faco and head nrast be beautiful indeed to stand the tost of all tho attention being focused upon it. If eho be plain, her maid, who may have an ideal face, makes by far the more attractive photograph. "But let this woman, who has beautiful gowns and knows how to wear them, have a full length picture, and her maid won't be 'in it.' Sho brings with her something of tho air of her world, of the grand dame or her own personality, whatever it may be, that at once makes the picture interesting. "Suppose she has b'cr.utiful hands or arms or a gracefully curved figure. Are not these of quite as much account as regularity of features? And does sho not want to preserve their likeness as well? "Thesoare Eonio of the reasons why I advocate tho full length portrait, t know that the simple bust picture is the universal one, and wiry? Becausonotone photographs in a thousand knows how to poso a subject for a full length. A well known photographer told mo not long ago that he always discouraged a full length picture when he could be- ' cause of tho difficulty in posing. It takes an artist to know what a good pose is. ""When I start to pose a woman, I look her over carefully. If she is breezy, chic, pretty, then I pose her a la Carolus Duvan. Is she demure, of the Puritan maiden order, then I think of Boughton or perhaps some little sketch of a Priscilla seen a day or two before. Has she a classic head, which she has helped out by a dress in simple lines or folds, or, better still, a Greek gown, I think of Alma Tadema or tho marbles of the Louvre and give her an appropriate attitude and sitting. Is she a bit quaint and colonial in her style, then Abbey's dainty conceits are suggested, and I make a picture of her that at once brings to mind his delightful illustrations. | AN ABBEY POSE. I "Do not think you must wear black for a photograph. Black is, in fact, tho worst color you can put on. The pale tints, such as palo pink, pale yellow and pale green are best. These have a variety of lights, shadows and gradations which you cannot get in white, though white often makes a very charming drapery, especially where simple statuesque •fleets are wanted. Do not wear dark (To be concluded).