| Show j f u PJ Jp s sr t f t i k y Dont Don't Delay Telegrams Telegram's Photo Co Contest Closes Wednesday I r rf f Aro td t 1 d Jr x Y nd r q i v ry ir x 4 f d c. c 43 4 A 4 9 i ri N 9 r n eS n i f v vYt i y t r N aa a aA A c re w r rt t x i cys t E f All over the U U. S S. S scenes reminiscent nt of f fu those e of pi 1917 pictured i rc her here will be M recreated r ted as congress congress' calls calls' Americas America's arid an and 64 to register and start trai training ing in an another another another an- an other great citizen army this army this time for natio national nal defense As in the 1917 photo above awkward squads of civilians impartially civilians impartially c chosen hosen from every walk walk walk-of of life will life will report to training stations And once more intensive training g will turn the time one-time clerks mechanics ics salesmen al e and others into the the snappy snappy sold soldiers seen bel below w. w r r h i F. 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S v If rat t x d t Ji t j t tp p I r i r f y t 3 I 3 c Y F F x fd N a 4 ye J lt 2 G yA U i P PJ RL J J I f ir Jy r Jr ti tip p 4 1 r F dif y I w bk l' l iy b y gyp dV g n K ww l The photo above should have been made two-and-a-half two years ago It shows Cecil Halpin noble grand of of Park r lodge No of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows u pinning a jeweled medal on President Roosevelt at Hyde Hyde Park The jewel was supposed to have honored Odd Fellow J Roosevelt's 25 years of of work in the order Bu Buff the president president president dent Has nas been so busy that he was unable to arrange his schedule to meet the lodge members until recently so the remony ony really celebrated 27 2 2 4 12 years of service L My young visitor had a camera problem He had been trying to shoot some bird pictures and expected gre great t things But the prints which he had brought along weren't too satisfy satisfy- ing Look at them he saidI saidI said I could see sec the birds plain as day But in the pictures they're just little specks Quite so I told him Judging from the prints you were at least 15 feet away and much too far when you have such tiny subjects Your eye is likely to deceive you in a case like that at because it can look a at t one spot and ignore all the rest But the camera includes the whole scene scene- scene scene- and the spot youre you're interested interested inter inter- interested ested in may show up small I r cant can't move in he said at least not much closer The book says eight feet Yes I replied but butI I doesn't the book also mention mention mention men men- tion front lenses or portrait portrait por por- portrait trait attachments Sure he said b but t these arent aren't portraits portraits- they're bird pictures N 1 1 yar of Jg J I C d 3 d t tJ J s r ri i y yEck Eck fit 4 Fashions in pets vary but King Bishop 6 of Miami Fla manages to keep a jump ahead with his trained racing grasshoppers Like the one hes he's watching above the hoppers pull tiny sulkies made of toothpicks King plans a grasshopper derby t Amy t i y lya tG I q rod fr 4 1 Fi a M MJ yc J r J y o ot w r rJ ra a r t Y F. F s r r rA rt t r K A H 1 r q r Ab t Any American secretary who thinks she has a tough time with a standard typewriter might well consider the in intricaCies intricacies intricacies in- in of its Japanese counterpart The Nipponese machines machines machines ma ma- chines for instance have characters each of which must be lo located by the operator A typewriter arm picks up the character inks prints and returns it to its original position po po- po Here its it's demonstrated by Shigeko Ishikawa at the San t jJ l Worlds World's fair t- t J. J Well Im I'm afraid I laughed although I shouldn't have for Ive I've made mistakes mistakes mis mis- mistakes takes just as funny The fact is a portrait attachment attachment attachment attach- attach ment isn't limited to close- close ups of people Its It's useful for shots of any subject and with either cither a fixed- fixed focus camera or the average average aver aver- average age focusing camera some camera some of which can shorten the distance to 1 foot 11 inches from the lens with an attachment at attachment attachment at- at it can be done nicely However as I explained to my friend you dont don't have pave to stop there If you shoot your up close-up on a afine afine afine fine grain film its it's perfectly perfect perfect- ly simple to have an enlargement en enlargement enlargement en- en made showing just the part you want To sufferers from acute voluntary inertia we recommend the downy couch devised by Douglas Arnold of who might be called the lazy Edison By means of the array of gadgets at the head of his bed Douglas can with the minimum eXP expenditure expenditure 1 iture of energy play the radio turn with the edges of the scene masked out For example the picture which accompanies accompanies accompanies this discussion was shot at about three feet and includes a good d deal al almore more than is seen seen here In mak making ng the enlargement a a good deal of material at the top b bottom and sides was omitted omitted and and this gives the effect of ofa a closer view Easy enough isn't it But most good photography phy is that way all it requires is a little headwork a and h planning plus planning plus of or course the right equipment Why Why not plan a cl close close- ose tip lip shot and e enter ter it in The Salt Lake Telegrams Telegram's Amateur Ama tour Snapshot contest before before be fore it closes Remember you have until Wednesday midnight to submit your pictures All en entries tries will c compete for in local and na national national na- na prizes i r I 3 I i J i J of d' d t n j jf t t bl W 5 r s r ax a AAi rt t A r im 1 I Q f m y n on the lights and turn them off start and stop the cooling j fan silence the alarm clock or siren raise and lower th the windows curtains and even bed covers The telephone j 1 is right within arms arm's length so that Douglas can call the f restaurant and have victuals send up I. 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