Photographic Club

Address by Miss Elisabeth Greenwood—"Snapshots and Portraiture."

Miss Greenwood aid, in the course of her opening remarks, that she had often had brought to her very bad snaps of people, with the request that she copy the portrait, as it was the only one of the person, in existence. In such cases, she had always regretted that the average snapshotter [unclear: did] not take the small amount of trouble involved in learning how successful portraiture could be achieved.

Miss Greenwood discussed such matters as pose, and composition of the picture, illustrated both by examples of her own work, and by reproductions of the work of various painters. She said that she never failed to gain inspiration from the work of D. O. Hill, who worked under enormous difficulties over 100 years ago before even the days of the daguerrotype process, using the process known as Calotppe, invented by Fox-Talbot. She pointed out that, even in direct sunlight, Hill had had to make exposures of from five to nine minutes.

The club will be pleased to welcome to its ranks anyone who is willing "to take the. small amount of trouble involved in learning how how successful portraiture can be achieved."