Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition / Including A Description of a Number of Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera

A practical compendium of novel photographic tricks and experiments aimed at readers already comfortable with making negatives and prints. It collects techniques for producing visual curiosities—mirror multiplications, anamorphic and distorted images, double and composite exposures, spirit and magic effects, and instantaneous or electric photography—alongside methods for printing on varied materials, making direct positives, enlarging, and creating decorative or luminous pictures. Chapters provide stepwise descriptions and diagrams for arranging lenses, mirrors, plates, and props to achieve theatrical, scientific, and household photographic amusements.