Posing Sitters Before The Camera

"As to the actual work under a skylight, only a few general hints may be given, as here each must 'work out her own salvatlon,' " writes Francés Beujamin Johnston in article. "What a Woman Can Do With a Camera," in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Do not attempt te pose people.or to strain your sitters into uncomfortablfe or awkward positions, in order to obtain picturesque effects. Watch them, and help them into poses that are natural and graceful. Study their individuality, striving te keep the likeness, and yet endeavoring to show them at their best. Avoid cmphasizing the peculiarities of a face either by lighting or pose; look for curves rather than angles or straight lines, and try to make the interest in the picture center upon what is most effective in your sitter. The one ruk of lighting is never to have more thar. a single source of light. Many portraits, oiherwise good, are rendered very lnartistlc by being lighted froiE several different tiirections."