William Robb wrote: >On 06/05/2012 2:12 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> I guess, but kind of a lame idea... > >When exposure were measured in tens of minutes, photographers had to do >whatever they could to ensure kids kept still. For adults there were all >sorts of contraptions (head clamps and the like) to keep subjects from >moving for the requited time.
I've been reading a book on the (American) civil war and last night noticed a photograph of Ulysses S. Grand taken in a studio with one of those head clamps in the background. I'm guessing the emulsion the photographer was using was sensitive enough not to require the use of such a device but that they were still common in studios at the time. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
