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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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d again approaches, with groans and shrieks,for the lack of lubricating oil. As a climax to your misery,this person bobs out from under his blanket, perhaps imitatingthe howl of a dog, the wail of a cat, or the contortions of amonkey (he means well), and insults you by expecting you tolook natural, yes, even pleased. Worst of all, your mother, towhom you have always turned in times of perplexity, has de-serted you for a position back of the machine, as if upholdingthe actions of your tormentor. Imagine all this if you can, and pity the little victims placedat your mercy. There is a tendency on the part of many peo-ple to annoy children with too much attention and confusion.While a certain amount of hilarity may be pleasing to the aver-age young American, to the timid, shrinking, supersensitivesubject of tender years, it is repulsive. Again there are thosewho take delight in teasing children, as if the little tots existsolely for their amusement. It follows, then, that children are 302
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SAN LUIS REY DE FREArCTA. H. 0. ALBRECHTL on the lookout for such treatment, and stand aloof from astranger until he has proven himself harmless. When a child is brought to me to be photographed, Ido not speak to it nor give it any attention whateveruntil it has had time to form an opinion of me. I donot press my acquaintance upon it, but first gam itsconfidence by chatting for a time in a friendly mannerwith its mother. In acute cases of timidity the motheris requested to remove her hat, as if to spend the afternoonwith me. We engage in commonplace conversation, and thechild, left to its own devices, usually becomes interested insome toy left enticingly near. Then the camera is quietly ad-justed, and with the mother sitting near, the rest is compara-tively easy. Let me emphasize the word quietly in connec-tion with making preparation for the exposure. It is my opin-ion that the less excitement and confusion in the presence ofnervous children, the better the results. INIy aim is to ma

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