Handbook of the practice and art of photography (1875)
Vogel, Hermann Wilhelm, 1834-1898, Molling, Edward F · Philadelphia, Benerman & Wilson · leaf 382
, in Berlin, have likewise adopted this mode of illumination, but they employ a light background, and in so far they differ from the " Rembrandts." The following sketch by Mr. Grasshoff will explain the mode of making them. A is the apparatus, P the person, H the background. The man- agement of the… … and the camera is moved more to the right or left, as shown in the ground plan (Fig. 149). Special effort should be made to have the shadows well lit up. It might be said with much propriety that nature is not as black as shown in the " Rembrandt." This is very true ; but we may say with the same…
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