7 Things You Must Do If You Want To Make That Perfect Camera ShotWritten by Robin Shortt
Saturate yourself with your subject and camera will all but take you by hand. Margaret Bourke-White
These tips should help you relive those moments back where you've said "if only I had a camera." Now you will have it captured on film. These tips should help you to be camera ready. 1. Get as close as you can to subject or action Remember, if you're using a instant camera
a lot of them have a minimum shooting
distance. This is usually about two metres.
If your closer than that, your shots will be
out of focus.
Try to take shots with viewer
focused on subject. Meaning closer to
subject filling viewer better. 2. Photos Tell A Story Photos of an event or activity such as camping with a
group or fishing trip with family and friends tells a
great story for all to relive and enjoy.
3. Decide What It Is You Want and Don't Want in The Picture Its best to keep background as uncluttered as you
can. Background clutter will remove focus from
your subject. 4. Take Surprise Shots You'll get some great shots if you take pictures when
people least expect them. Just think of facial
expressions you'll get. 5. Make a Slide Show Slide shows are great to have later when those involved
in activity can watch and laugh at themselves and
relive activity in their minds.
| | Comic Book Industry BlundersWritten by Dave Gieber
What has gone wrong within industry and can it be fixed? The rape and pillage, in eyes of some, may have left comic book industry gasping for life support. It seems that for an industry that has seen so much success, history of comic books, has apparently been confounded by seemingly dumb mistakes. The first could have very well been coining of name "comic books". The earliest versions of so-called half-tab (for half tabloid) reprints of Sunday funnies (the comics) became known as "comic books". This led to thinking in general, that comic books contained comic or funny material, which we all know, is a far stretch from reality. Comic books can be very somber, dark or adventurous magazines. It has often been suggested that there should be another term coined to better describe this literary package we all know as comic books. To date, no other user-friend term has been suggested for use in comic book industry. A second misdirection came when magazine prices started to rise. Instead of increasing comic book prices, like other successful magazines did, comic book industry decided to cut pages to keep then current price tag of 10 cents. This brought on impression that comic books were "cheap" by definition, and neglected fact that a dime was a lot of money at one time (steak & eggs cost 35 cents). This presented image that comic books were just for kids. It also made product increasingly less viable for retail merchants to stock. Why take up same shelf space, when a higher priced magazine would do more nicely. Again perceived value of comic book was loosing credibility. Then as 1950s rolled around, an individual by name of Dr. Frederick Wertham, published a book entitled "Seduction of Innocents". Through use of unscientific research and assumptions, he stated that all nation's ills were directly related to kids reading comic books (ah hmm, what?). Central to his thesis, was misassumption that comic books were strictly for kids. The more adult material, it was irrationally assumed, was aimed at our sweet, naïve innocent children. Yes, we do have to protect our children, but it still bothers me to no end, that certain self-righteous individuals believe their lot in life is to make rest of planet adhere to their own personal beliefs. If this were case, then our great country would have never been founded.
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