Taylor Ch.M. Why My Photographs Are Bad

G.W.Jacobs & Co., 1902. — 248 p.In memory of the many trials and errors of my own experience in photography, I launch this volume upon its career, hoping it may aid the ambitious beginner, and enable him to avoid the most common mistakes incident to the first stages of this interesting study. In my early days with the camera, I used every possible means of becoming proficient in manipulating the instrument, and read many voluminous writings on the subject; but found no information which speedily brought me face to face with the causes of my most glaring defects, and at the same time suggested methods by which they might be prevented.