The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

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complexion of the picture, as the sun is in pro-
ducing it in the original. The top light also
gives very good definition in the drapery, and
where circumstances deprive of the advantages
of a side light to be used in connection with
it, very good and satisfactory work can be pro-
duced by the aid of reflectors, etc.
The side light, when used alone, is a dreadful
destroyer of complexions. If a freckle has hid-
den so far under the skin as not to be visible or
scarcely so, to the naked eye, the side light drags
the hidden thing to light, and exposes it in much
exap-oerated uo^liness to the horrified gaze. In like
manner, it by giving a brighter high light in-
creases the density of the shadows by contrast.
While the top light gives a flat smooth picture,
the side light lends strength, coarseness and
rotundity; while the top light smooths over the
imperfections of complexion, the side light mag-
nifies and increases them ; and, finally, while the
top light gives good definition of drapery, the
side light makes dark drapery a black mass, black
hair blacker still, and is altogether a difficult light
to manage alone, (that is, without a top light,)
even with the best appliances; but with the top
and side light together, and with a northern ex-
posure, we have the "par excellence '^ of lights.
The top light serves to neutralize the bad quali-
ties of the side light, and vice versa.
Thus, our customer has a smooth face, small
features, and a black coat. Taken under the top