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Show Keep The Holiday Spirit With Pictures "Because Christmas comes only once a year, it represents repre-sents a very special time to keep memories of family and friends in photographs," photo-graphs," says Jack LaDuke, an award-winning photographer. photog-rapher. "Pictures help us remember the exciting and colorful holiday feeling long after the tree and lights are taken down." LaDuke, who gained worldwide recognition as chief photographer for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, believes be-lieves pictures at Christmas serve as reminders of very special moments that are worth remembering. "Too many people think good Christmas pictures result from shooting only on Christmas morning," LaDuke La-Duke explains. "The best photographic diary of the season begins days ahead with the raising of the tree, decorating with lights, preparing pre-paring the big dinner, or even late-night wrapping of gifts." LaDuke says picture-takers picture-takers always should look for action shots because posed pictures can look stiff. "Also keep plenty of film on hand, so you don't miss picture-taking opportunities. oppor-tunities. Kodacolor II film, for example, has a wide latitude that provides quality qual-ity pictures both indoors with flash and outdoors in daylight an added bonus for people who want to take pictures in different lighting conditions." LaDuke also provides the following photo tips to help picture-takers get better results re-sults this holiday: Eliminate distracting objects ob-jects from the main center of interest by moving them or by changing your camera angle; Move in close to give your pictures added interest and impact. Too many people peo-ple do not get close enough to the subject; Include color in the photographs. As you compose com-pose the picture in the view-finder, view-finder, add a splash of color by featuring colorful clothing cloth-ing and other objects; Shoot from an angle instead in-stead of dead center when you're photographing near a window or mirror because a glare from the flash may be reflected in your picture; Vary your shooting angles to add interest and drama to the pictures. LaDuke also advises the picture-taker to get into some of the pictures by lending the camera to a member of the family or friend. "If you do not appear ap-pear in any of the pictures," he says, "you may find it hard to explain that you actually were there!" |