PORTRAITURE illumination. When three or more figures are to be combined several may be subordinated to one, and one of the most satisfactory solutions of the problem that the writer has ever seen in photography is found in Miss Gilpin's picture, The Prelude (page 166), which, though fundamentally genre, has nevertheless considerable portrait value. Mr. Hiller's picture (page 28) also deserves careful attention in this connection. When making large groups, such as college classes or fraternal organizations, the problem becomes almost entirely one of pattern and very fine opportunities for arrangement frequently offer themselves, the least satisfactory solution being found in the not unusual method of placing the sitters in a semi-circle and making the exposure with a panoramic camera. This method has the sole advantage that no member of the group is any less conspicuous than another. As to its artistic value, no discussion is possible, for tbe same reason tbat prevents a description of the snakes of Iceland; but it must be admitted that from the point of view of the commercial worker the merit of the scheme is considerable, almost every artist hav270
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