PLAN No. 956. GENERAL INFORMATION—QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Q. What education is required to learn photography, photo-engraving, or three-color work?—A. Anyone with natural aptitude for the work who will make an earnest effort can succeed, whatever his previous education may have been.
Q. At what age is it best to learn photography or photo-engraving?—A. Any age over 18. It is never to late to learn.
Q. Can one learn to be a first-class up-to-date photographer by working in an ordinary studio?—A. Generally a student will learn more rapidly and acquire greater proficiency by taking a systematic course of training in some school of photography—even a short course.
Q. Is retouching a strain on the eyes?—A. Not if it is properly taught.
Q. Is a previous knowledge of photography necessary for those who would learn photo-engraving?—A. Not at all. All the photographic knowledge pertaining to the work is taught in the regular engraving courses.
Q. Is photo-engraving unhealthful?—A. Not in the least.
Q. Can one by taking employment in an ordinary plant acquire facility in all the up-to-date processes of photo-engraving?—A. A student will learn more in a shorter time by taking a systematic course in the subject.
Q. Do students generally take training in all three of the branches which have been described?—A. Very seldom; usually enrollments are for one of the three—i. e., either photography, photo-engraving, or three-color work.