Re: Humor in competitions

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> As I am getting ready to return Stan White's "Stereo Tabletop Photography -
> A Primer", I am impressed by Stan's comment on picture 5 of "Beyond the
> Third Dimension".  He writes: "As a subject for photographic images
> (humour) tends to be a second class citizen and a good whimsical picture 
> will lose out to an equally good serious picure."  This is an interesting
> statement.

I don't know that I agree with it, however. At least in the Stereo Club of
Southern California competitions, humor often draws attention to itself and gets
high marks from judges who have OD'ed on images of shiny fire engines and Half
Dome. One of our members, an actor named Dan Gilvezan, specializes in tabletops
(and more recently, computer-generated pictures) that are outrageous visual
puns, and he is almost guaranteed to walk away with top scores whenever he
enters a competition. One of my favorites of his was "Ham Radio," a construction
with knobs and a tuning dial on a succulent looking roast ham.


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