PHOTOGRAPHY
UNIVERSAL

It seems hard to find in this world a place to which photography has not penetrated. Wherever civilized man goes, the camera goes with him as a matter of course, and even those whom we are not accustomed to regard as our equals in modern culture seem to be taking kindly to this most interesting art. One of the most inaccessible regions of the earth is Chinese Turkestan, a desert country ringed about by the highest mountain chains on earth. A recent French explorer has traversed this country, and made most interesting archeological discoveries. With an account of these we do not care to burden our readers. What interested us most in his account was a description of his visit to Ouroumtchi, the capital of Chinese Turkestan. Here he found in exile a man formerly of great power in China, Duke Lan, cousin german to the late Emperor, and brother of the great Boxer chieftain of 1900, Prince Touan. In this memorable uprising of the Chinese against the foreigners Duke Lan took a prominent part, and as a result thereof he was degraded from his rank and banished for life to the farthest regions of the Empire. In his exile he kills time by taking snap-shots with a Kodak. How films and chemicals reach this isolated spot is one of the mysteries of commerce, but they not only traverse ten thousand weary leagues of sea, river, and desert trail, but get through in good condition, mute testimony to the inventive genius and manufacturing skill of Rochester, N. Y.-American Photography.

Develop your Kodak Films in

THE KODAK FILM TANK

"The Experience is in the Tank."

RUNNING WATER.

When photographing swiftly moving water such as rapids or falls it is of course necessary to make an instantaneous exposure if a sharp image of the water formation is desired. Very often the banks of the stream-the precipice adjoining the falls on either side and the water itself are in deep shadow and the problem is to secure a fully timed negative and at the same time get a clear sharp picture of the moving water. If you time for the shadows the water will blur and if you make a snap shot of the water you have an undertimed negative.

After considering this proposition it seems hopeless but there is a way—a way to secure a full timed negative and at the same time secure a picture of the running water without showing movement. The Kodak should be set upon a good rigid tripod or some other solid support as it is very important to have it immovable during the making of the negative. Set the shutter for an instantaneous exposure, using the usual stop for this purpose. Then make a series of snap shots, using great care not to move the Kodak between exposures. Unless the stream or falls is in deep shadow three or four instantaneous exposures will be sufficient to secure a full timed negative.

The banks of the stream-the foliage, etc., is of course immovable and each succeeding snap shot exposure records them in the same position. The falls or rapids retain the same general formation and each exposure catches that formation possibly slightly changed but the image on the negative is always sharp. A bit of spray or a new wave may be added each time but the general effect in the finished picture is sharp and clear.

If your summer outings find you and your Kodak in some such location where you wish to secure a negative under similar conditions you will be able to do it by following this method of procedure-all you have to do is to set the Kodak firmly and proceed.

OUTING DAYS

You are undoubtedly planning one or more outings. Possibly your vacation. trip or just a day or two now and then devoted to your favorite recreation.

It may be fishing. The days when you rise with the sun and in the cool gray dawn trace your way stealthily along the banks of the stream where Jack and you had such great sport last season. You cast the fly and feel the thrill of the strike -the vibration of the line as it tightens and cuts the water with a swift side sweep. The pole bends-you play the fish-he leaps and fights but is yours-your legitimate prize. Then you hear splashing up stream. You arrive in time to see the sport. A four pound bass is at the other end of Jack's line and he is having some trouble keeping him in deep water and free from the log in midstream. If Jack can land him, he will have the

biggest ever" and he is straining every muscle and matching his strategy against that of the fighting fish. Here's a picture. The fight will last for minutes and Jack is unconscious of everything except the struggle. The rippled lighting on the water-the pretty shrubbery on the other bank-the trees-the sky-all make a natural background for the man, the rod and the splashing finny fighter.

Did you slip that Kodak in your pocket? How much would you give to have that picture as you see it before you? How much would Jack give after the excitement to possess pictures of the battle? How your folks and friends would like to see things as they happened. Then too after the sport is ended there is still another picture. We have all heard fish stories more or less remarkable, some of which we have given credence and others which we have swallowed with a grain of salt. A Kodak picture of the day's catch will substantiate your fish story and your fish story is the one you want believed.

To prove the size of the fish you catch, photograph them near something of well known size-perhaps as in the illustration

-the cat-tails giving them a relative proportion for size they would not have if photographed alone.

With the Kodak you may picture the many interesting events of the fishing trip and come home with negatives instead of regrets for having failed to take a Kodak with you; and the same applies to every thing whether it's sailing or bathinghunting or camping-whether it is one day-a week or weeks away from home. Whether you go to a fashionable watering place or into the wilds of nature you will find pictures waiting for you-pictures that are yours with each snap of the Kodak shutter.