Inglis J. Artistic Lighting

Photo-beacon, 1897. — 74 p.Nearly thirty years ago, while I was in business in Montreal, I took into my employ a German artist, William Raphael, who had the audacity, as I then considered it, to tell me that I knew absolutely nothing about lighting the human face. At first I strongly resented his plainly spoken opinion. At last I believed him, and by and by I eagerly studied what he was so willing to teach. I found the task harder than I anticipated, for it took me a whole year to learn what he could show me in five minutes.Delighted with my new discovery, I never missed an opportunity for some years of attempting to set forth the principles I had so laboriously acquired, but my words seemed to fall upon stony ground ; so, failing to see any fruit resulting from the seed I was sowing, I grew disheartened and gave up the good work.