Photography tips from 1857 by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.

5. Pictures taken slightly out of focus, that is, with slightly uncertain and undefined forms, though less chemically, would be found more artistically beautiful. The worse photography could be the better art.

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Photography tips from 1857 by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.

4. Things that are very smooth, or certain complexions, and parts of the human face on which the judge 5 shines, as well as everything that is perfectly white, will photograph much faster than other objects. ... By the time the rest of the picture has fallen into position, what are called the high lights have so rioted in action as to be found far too prominent both in size and intensity.

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Photography tips from 1857 by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.

3. Contrary, indeed, to all preconceived ideas, experience proves the brighter the sky that shines above the camera the more tardy the action within it. ... The temperate [climate] of this country may be most favourable to photography,  humidity being indispensable condition for the working state both of paper and chemicals.

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Photography tips from 1857 by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.

3. Contrary, indeed, to all preconceived ideas, experience proves the brighter the sky that shines above the camera the more tardy the action within it. ... The temperate [climate] of this country may be most favourable to photography, humidity being indispensable condition for the working state both of paper and chemicals.

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Photography tips from 1857 by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.

2. As a general rule, too, however numerous the exceptions, the cloudy day is better than the sunny one.

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Photography tips from 1857 by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.

1. It has been observed by Daguerre and subsequent photographers that the sun is far more active, in a photographic sense, for the two hours before, than the two hours after it has passed the meridian.

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