At the Photographers.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXX, Issue IX, 28 February 1903, Page 616

At the Photographers.

For the modern child’s sake it is a very good thing that the process of being photographed is a pleasure instead of a pain. Never was there a period of greater popularity for the photograph than this. And how charming the visit to the photographic studio is made! Recall for a moment the scene of your early, bitter experiences in this way. mothers, whose bairns positively enjoy the experience. Did you like having your head screwed up in a supporting-frame, so that you could not stir? Did you appreciate the agitated, united efforts of your parents, your nurse, the photographer, and the photographer's assistant to keep you absolutely quiet during the moments that had to elapse before the camera bad completed its task? Someone used to try and amuse you by whistling, or you were told to fix your eyes upon a stuffed monkey that shortly would do something, but never did.

Is it wonderful that the result of all this palaver was indeed a speaking likeness—one that depicted all the horrors of the occasion?