Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.
OUR ANNUAL PRIZE CONTEST.
We have received many queries since the appearance of the Prize Offers as to the exact nature of the photographic prize competition, showing that our amateurs were looking forward to and preparing for the yearly event of the club. Each person should read the announcement of the Prize Offers, and the rules governing the contest, in the October 27 issue of the Round Table.
There are two contests, both of which are open to the members of the Camera Club, and we hope each member of the Camera Club will send pictures to both competitions. The very fine photographs which were submitted last year showed that the members are all striving to do good work. The improvement in the style of pictures and the subjects chosen was much better last year than in any previous year, and we expect still better work submitted in this contest. All contestants must be subscribers to Harper's Round Table themselves, or take the paper in their family.
There is no restriction as to the number of prints one may send, but in sending prints mark each print with name, address, and class for which the picture is designed. The best place to mark a picture is on the back of the card-mount.
Any printing process may be used except the blue print. While many amateurs use the glossy papers, the preference is for the matt surface, and a bromide or platinum print is the paper generally chosen by first-class amateurs. If one does not know how to use these papers, or cannot procure them, try to make the best print possible on the paper which is chosen. The printing and mounting of a picture have a great deal to do with its attractiveness, and the mechanical work in a photograph is always considered when judging pictures.
Several queries were received last year asking if a picture taken with a 4-by-5 camera, and trimmed down so that it was a little less than 4 by 5, would be admitted to the competition. The answer was that a picture might be trimmed a little, but not enough to bring it down to a size perhaps 3 by 4, that would make it too small to be "eligible."