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Show Mow To EYlaEie Better Photos During Holidays ' One of the most photogenic seasons of the year is Christmas Christ-mas with the promise of snow, St. Nick, good parties, pretty clothes and presents .. .under the tree. ' CHRISTMAS IS an j appropriate time to stock up :: on film, keep your camera :: handy and also to brush up on a few picture-taking tech-; tech-; niques, such as these provid- ed by scholarship winners in ': the Kodak Junior Miss Photo ': Awards. The girls all are state . winners in the America's : Junior Miss Program which recognizes the nation's outstanding out-standing high school senior : girls. ALL ARE enthusiastic : about picture-taking as a way :' to document good times. OneBrett Long of Laramie, . Wyo. even began taking : snapshots when she was eight years old and got a camera as a Christmas gift. Among the other winners is Marianne Weed, Bountiful. THEIR HINTS that may help others get better snapshots this holiday season include. . . hold the camera steady. . . include people in your pictures and have them doing something. . . try for simple, uncluttered backgrounds. . ; vary your camera angles, lighting and distance from the subject. sub-ject. . . take lots of snapshots and then pick out the best to show. . . make a picture story starting with gifts being bought and wrapped, parties planned. . . have multiple prints made of your best photos pho-tos so you can send them with thank you notes. As Brett says "Picture-taking "Picture-taking is a super way to save visual memories." And what could be a more visual holiday than Christmas. |