CAMERA LORE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 809, 1 November 1929, Page 4

CAMERA LORE

Portrait Photographer Gives Hints LOOKING ONE’S BEST When a woman visits a photographer’s studio there are many little ways in which she can help him to get a good portrait of her. One of the first essentials is to take special care over the application of any make-up to (he face. Powder, which should be slightly pink in colour, should he used sparingly. The application of too much quickly destroys all high lights and causes a complete loss of the fine modelling of the face. Reddish powder should be quite avoided, for it tends to photograph with a dusky appearance. SUCCESSFUL MAKE-UP If too much colour is applied to the cheeks it will register an impression almost like shadows, owing to the fact that red photographs nearly black in relation to other colours. The treatment of the lips must be very carefully watched, and any suggestion of a hard line round the edges subdued. In fact, it is best to leave the shape entirely alone and just use a slight touch of light-colouied rouge. Hard lines round the lips give an equally hard expression to the sitter. It is a mistake to make up the eyes beyond a slight pencilling of the brows and lashes. Dark colour applied to the lids will register as a heavy shadow and give to the eyes a very sunken appearance. COLOUR VALUES In the matter of dress the photographic value of colours must be taken into consideration. Red, browu and green will photograph much darker than they appear to the naked eye, while blue, inauve and violet will come out much lighter. Both furs and cloaks lend themselves easily to pictorial composition and are much favoured by photographers.

A HINT TO WIVES!

LET’S BE HUSBANDS A ROSY PROSPECT If a fairy godmother called today, complete with wand and pumpkin, and offered to transform me into any other coveted human form, I’d say, “Let me be a husband!” And I guess I’m not the only wife in the world who would willingly change places with her husband. Imagine the joy of it! To be | roused from one’s matutinal slumbers by a dutiful wife armed with a propitiatory cup of tea. Hot water for my morning tub without any effort on my part to get it; a satisfactory breakfast waiting for me to give it my undivided attention; no conversa- , tional efforts expected of me, and my ; morning paper propped up ready for me to screen myself behind it. AFTER THE OFFICE Upon my return home from the office in the evening, there’d be another meal sitting waiting for me—and after disposing of that, I could immediately sink into the most comfortable chair in the house and read and smoke till bedtime. No need to bother about the wash-ing-up—oh! to be a husband! Then at the week-end, instead of having to fuss with extra shopping or cooking—which ig the lot of most wives—there would be golf or tennis with a pal on Saturday afternoon, and then we’d amble gently home in time for tea. If I wanted to invite the said pal for the week-end, there’d be no need for me to worry how he was to be fed, and whether the Sunday joint was big enough for three —I could just sit still and wonder ruefully why the wife always fussed so when I brought a fellow home fo take pot luck. LAZY SUNDAYS On Sunday morning there’d be no need for me to get up till dinner, I felt inclined to stay in bed. I’d tumble out in time to potter about the garden for an hour before dinner —smoke and read the papers. Then, after dinner, I’d just totter out t othe hammock and have a nap —till tea. No one would disturb me till then, and the kiddie would be warned to keep off—by somebody else. Sunday evening would pass leisurely —and I’d go to bed earlier because “Sunday's such a tiring day, somehow!” And on Monday morning I d wake to find the wife waiting at my pillow with my letters and my tea. Please —if reincarnation is a fact and not only a theory—l'll be a husband in every life after this!

EASY WAYS WITH HOUSEHOLD BRASSES

Much of the hard work entailed in keeping brass in good condition can be cut out thus: Thoroughly clean all brasswork, then shake a little salad oil on a cloth and apply it evenly to the polished metal. Treated thus, the brass will not need cleaning for at least a week. Brass fittings on doors are often difficult to clean because it is desired to avoid soiling the wood surrounding them. The remedy is to tie a little salt in a thick soft cloth, moisten it slightly with vinegar, and rub the brass with it. Finally, polish the metal with a dry flannel dipped in fine wood ashes. To keep brass trays clean for long periods without attention, rub with a piece of lemon, then pour boiling water over them, and polish with a soft, dry .cloth. Small brass ornaments should be cleaned in the same way. It is better than using pastes or powders, as there is nothing to lodge in the crevices and dry white later on. Brass fittings and mounts on furniture are best cleaned with a vinegar and salt solution. A teaspoonful of salt, to half a cupful of vinegar, placed in a bottle and kept corked -tightly, will last for months. After the final polish, rub the metal lightly with good furniture or floor polish, which will prevent it from tarnishing easily.