The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

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THE FERROTYPE.
more even illumination. A perpendicular fall
of liglit to give brilliancy to the eye, definition
to the drapery, etc., etc. A horizontal light to
give strength and solidity, and to soften the
shadows under the chin, nose, eyebrows, etc.
A light which will permit the operator to
cbtain from each face its best view and also its
most characteristic expression.
A light which can be modified to suit the
varying requirements of different faces, and can
be made a perpendicular, horizontal, or oblique
light at will ; in short, a light which will
facilitate a regular and continued success on the
part of the operator.
There are, distinctively, but two kinds of
lights, viz., the perpendicular or top light which
comes from above, and the horizontal or side
light, that which comes from an opening or
window in the side of a perpendicular wall.
Neither of these two lights, separately, would
meet the requirements above mentioned; but
when built together, the lower end of the top
resting upon the side light, they compose that
particular form of light which the best photog-
raphers all over the country, and the world, per-
haps, have generally agreed upon as the best
and only in this shape, with a northern expos-
ure, can the varied requirements already specified
be fully met.
There are many instances, however, of the
impossibility of securing the advantages of the
;