ENSIGN All-Distance Pocket Camera No. 2 User manual

Avoid taking pictures " against the light'           USEFULHINTS ON PICTUREMAKING.
         which means with the sunlight or all the light
          available  falling  on  the camera instead  of
        on the subject.                                pictures if taken under          STREETPHOTOGRAPHY.                     Qq"h
         circumstances which  are  unavoidable, are                                                            I                  It is essential that the camera should alwaya          usually " flat " and lacking in relief.                                              J                                                            be held level.   If  it is tilted upward, buildings         The choice of background is worth a little
          study, in the case of portraits especially ;  a                      will  appear  to  be  leaning  backward  and
          bricl< wall is about the worst, one covered with                 inward.    If it is tilted dowi:.ward, the buildings                                                   IJ           lvy or creeper very  little better, because of                                                                                          will appear to be leaning forward and outward.          the tendency of certain leaves to reflect the
            light and become white patches in the print.
                                            CHILD PICTURES.:*           Pictorial composition is too large a subject
           to enter into here, but the essential facts to              When taLing  pictures  of  children, always
         bear in mind are fairly simple and will enable                                                                             follow their movements. Be careful, however,        anyone to take pleasing pictures with  the
        No. 2 " All-Distance " Pocket Ensign in half-                    in your  efforts to obtain good pictures, that
         an-hour.                                              you hold the camera steadily, as this is most
                 (l) The light should fall on the subject and                  essential.
            away from the camera, preferably from
            one side to get the most pleasing lighting                                        LANDSCAPEPICTURES.             and enable the shadows to give relief.
              This applies more particularly to build-               Be very careful to selectthe right stand-point.
               ings and  only  slightly  to landscapes.                                                           and  endeavour  to  {ind  the  most  artistic
             (2) View the subject in the view finder both                composition.
            ways before taking  it-upright   or hori-fl               zorrtal-of  course, this would not apply   !                                         SEA AND BEACHSCENES.                to a group of six or eight people, you
             would naturally take them better with                                              ,l       Be careful to use the correct stop, and to               the horizontal view.                           $ '
                                                            have the sun either to the right, or to the le{t.
             (3) 3i  feet from the camera will give you a                              If you have it in front, you will set a silhouette                nice, large head and shoulders portrait,
                                                                                   effect,  if you have  it behind, the  result  will               but  if you come nearer, the detail  will
              not be so good.                                     appear flat and uninteresting.
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