WELLINGTON CAMERA CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 135, 4 December 1935, Page 5

WELLINGTON CAMERA CLUB

"Pattern" was the subject of a recent competition held by members of the Wellington Camera Club. In his short talk on the subject, Mr. J. W. Chap-man-Taylor said that pattern had as its essential rhythmic arrangement, line and form. This arrangement, how ever," should not be dominant. It should supply <snly the structure upon which the picture should be built. The whole question was one of order which the trained eye could see and design. Probably the uninitiated could see nothing. The result was an arbitrary decision by the artist, who added something of his own, that was to say, emphasis was added, and this led to the creation of a work of art. Mr. Chapman-Taylor illustrated his remarks by reference to his own pictures, pointing out that all unnecessary detail should be eliminated. The lecturer and several other members constructively criticised the pictures exhibited. At the conclusion of his lecture Mr. Chapman-Taylor was accorded' a hearty vote of thanks.

The result of the voting on the pictures was:—Club championship: J.W. Chapman-Taylor and J. W. Johnson, equal. A grade: J. W. Chapman-Tay-lor 1, J. W. Johnson 2. B grade: C. C. Smith 1.