Newman's manual of harmonious coloring, as applied to photographs : together with valuable papers on lighting and posing the sitter (1866)
Newman, James, Lea, M. Carey (Mathew Carey), 1823-1897, Benerman & Wilson, publisher, Sherman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer · Philadelphia : Benerman & Wilson · leaf 123
and although I have consideredthe matter a great deal since, I do not yet see anyreason for modifying that plan in the least. C D is along dark passage in which the camera is placed. Thew^alls and ceiling of this passage ought to be blackenedwith lampblack and glue, and the floor should be covered… … should be glass. The portion A B, as well as the entireceiling over the sitter, should be opaque, and the ceilingsloping in the way which I have indicated, and paintedblack, in order that it may reflect no light downwards. The room should have a true northern aspect, andthe sitter must face the…
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