Photography at home

To the majority of amateurs, photography is a hobby to be ridden only on fair days and in pleasant weather; or it is thought of chiefly as a means of securing records of places...

Accustomed to working out-of-doors during the bright days, the amateur’s first difficulty in attempting photography of any kind at home is to realize the immense difference betw...

Apart from the details of illumination and exposure, the chief things to be considered in photographing home interiors are the lens, plate, height of camera and point of view, a...

We can now take up the question of interior work at night or by artificial light. Is it possible to do anything in this line by gaslight or electric light? Yes, it is possible,...

The making of portraits at home, by daylight or flashlight, brings the amateur to the most interesting of photographic fields. It is a field as difficult as it is fascinating, w...

In taking up flashlight portrait work at home, the first essential is to get acquainted with the various forms of flashlight material and the apparatus needed for its use. What...

The photographing of flowers, fruit, and still-life subjects forms a delightful photographic hobby peculiarly adapted for pursuit at home. Properly handled, such subjects tell m...

For many pictorial and decorative purposes the amateur will experience the need of a simple method of producing large pictures from his small negatives. This brings us to enlarg...

To make enlargements on bromide paper by artificial light with home-made apparatus demands a certain amount of contrivance and preparation. Once the apparatus is made and put in...

After learning how to make enlarged prints from his small negatives, the amateur may profitably turn his attention to the copying of photographs and other pictures at home. The...

Making prints on silks and fabrics is essentially a specialty adapted for home work. It is not always easy to get good prints, but the following method by A. J. Jarman can be re...