Re: My 3D Summer Vacation

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Gabriel for a most intersting report...

>I sought out to take everyday
>pictures of family in every day activities...
>My wife mentioned to me that these would be very boring but in my
>mind was not striving for pictures that would win any awards
>(in another time or if I had the talent maybe) but rather common
>snapshots that would be more valuable in the years to come.

One thing that I am coming to realize is that with very little
effort and following a few simple rules, one can take more 
interesting snapshots, some of which might win awards even
though that was not the intention in the first place.

1. Move closer to your subject - fill the frame
2. Do not place your subject of interest in dead center.
   Do not split the frame in two (top sky, bottom earth)
   (this is one of my most common mistakes)
3. Eliminate distractions, don't have people face the
   camera, use backlighting.

These rules are taken from a $3 paperback "Better Pictures
Through Good Composition" that Billy Turner, FPSA, was
selling at the last Detroit meeting- there is much more in
the book and nice illustrations too.

>P.S. With this new attitude, I will be taking a few more pictures
>of things I normally wouldn't have taken pictures of. For example
>around my neighbourhood of everyday life and maybe some "great" 
>pictures along the way. As the same article in yesterdays newspaper
>mentions: You don't have to travel long distances to take great
>pictures. 
 
That's certainly true! I am one of those that don't get to 
travel often.  I keep an eye open for interesting pictures
while I am driving, walking, etc.  After photographing cities
that I had visited, I realized that I had not photographed 
Cleveland so I made an effort to see this city as a tourist.
Most people tend to neglect photographing their own cities.

>So lets see more 3D film consumption...

Amen brother! :-)

George, already holding a new film-consumption record for 1997! 


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