The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

THE GLASS ROOM. 31
" Combined " light. In many " out-of-the-way "
places, where the presence of the peri])atetio
photographer is a blessing, must he deny him-
self the profit he hopes to derive, and the
happiness he expects to confer, by the exercise
of his art, because he can not have the advanta-
ges of the best style of light? I say, no! rather
let him adapt himself to the circumstances, and
make the best use of the facilities procurable,
than to disappoint a community, some of whom,
the meanest effort of his art might render inex-
pressibly happy.
It is certain that the clever operator will
sometimes make good pictures under the most
unfavorable circumstances; in many cases diffi-
culties only stimulate to ingenuity in overcoming
them, and in no instance known to the writer is
there a greater demand for those qualities of in-
vention and ingenuity, which enables their pos-
sessor to rise superior to every difficulty, than in
the practice of photography, in any of its branches,
under a small top light or beside a window in
Bome lonely, out-of-the-way place, where the peo-
ple are all sunburnt and rough-skinned, and even
the pretty girls are sadly tanned by exposure to
the weather.
The effect of a light falling from above, upon
the features of a sitter directly under it, would
be to exaggerate the projections of the brows,
cheek bones, and nose, rendering the eyes
cavernous or deep set, and throwing heavy