Early Work In Photography
A Text-book For Beginners

The Outfit. 47 should be well lined with baize or other soft material, and should be provided with a first-class lock. This latter pre caution wifi be appreciated if the luckless student be evei fated to leave his camera and exposed plates to the tendei mercies of continental hotel servants. , Two useful additions to the outfit of a photographer going in for general work, are an exposure meter and exposure note-book. Personally we do not use a meter except on rare occasions, as we have learnt by experience to know the Exposure Meters, correct exposure for most subjects that come within our practice But we must frankly admit that, on the rare occasions mentioned, we have found an exposure meter of inestimable service. We strongly advise beginners to procure one of reliable make, and learn how to use it promptly; when once it is mastered, it will take but a few seconds to estimate an exposure and will undoubtedly save the loss of many plates. The exposure note-books are all more or less ruled upon the same lines and contain spaces for recording the number of negatives, number of dark slide holding the plate, make and speed of plate, lens, stop, light and exposure, as well as space for remarks to assist in development. We recommend the student to complete the record by