| Show x novj MAGAcra “I saw this train coming up the valley near Tooele and I thought the smoke and sun made an Interest ing contrast” said Mania R Allison ef this prise winning picture lie made the show on Flus-- film using a O filter The ex posure was 150 sec at 18 many youngsters Locomotive Had a Pay Load you Included thrilled to the sight of a steam puffing its way along the HOW billowing out great clouds of smokeT Our judges are no exception and selected such a scene as winner of the Picture-of-thWeek for this issue The photographer has captured extremely well the idea of the lm mensity of our western land and its dwarfing of even a mighty engine And so to Marvin R Allison 25th Ammo Supply Squadron Tooele Ordnance Depot Tooele Utah goes this week’s $5 award With vacation time approaching you too have a good chance to win $5 and get your picture published in the Home Magazine All you have to do is pick out your best snapshots and send them in to The Snapshot Editor The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City Utah And In addition to perhaps winning the weekly prize you’ll also have a chance at one of the four $25 awards to be made at the close of The Tribune’s Summertime Snapshot Con test this fall What's more these four winning snapshots will be entered in the National News paper Snapshot Awards contest where the prize list totals $15000 Including four $1000 first prizes Remember the contest ii open to all ama teurs and no pictures can be returned Color pictures are not eligible One more thing don’t forget to put your name and address on the back of each snapshot you send in It costs stamp to enter and you may only a three-cen-t wind up with the $1000 jackpot i Let’s Take Pictures Lesson in Sunshine Use by w think of as something accomplished with many lamps In a studio but the most satisfying look as 'though they had been made with one light source Let’s look at this one to see bow we can use sunlight for flattering and attractive pictures of the ' people around us To start with there was one floodlamp above the girl’s head and to her right — about where the sun might have been with it two hours above the horizon Then there was another off to her left and twice as far away to brighten the line of her cheek and give added width to her face The third was just to the left of the camera and slightly be low the level of the lens to fill in the shadows Both of Most I t i I I of Norris narknesa these might well have been reflectors made of aluminum foil thoroughly crumpled before being fastened to a cardboard Get a roll of the foil at the grocery store and play with it You’ll need a couple of accomplices to hold the pieces where they throw the light ss you want it hot the0 fact is how she looks from the camera position A larger reflector held close gives a brighter light and a smoother surface also adds brilliance Be careful of too smooth a reflector as it may cause glare try something else your model in the of a house on a bright day The side of her face toward the sky will be much brighter than the other TIEN but there will be a good bal-ance between the highlights and shadows and you have IIow good portrait lighting ever you can add considerable excitement by having a helper stand in the direct sunlight with his reflector to throw a fairly small beam just where you want it Last summer I used a lady’s band mirror to put a brilliant highlight in dark hair while all the rest of the portrait was made by the diffused light of the reflected sky Brilliant back lighting effects can be pro duced that same way Think in terms of individual light sources as you work out daylight portraits and see how various kinds of reflecting surfaces yield different ef fects It's a way to both fun ' and good pictures i T HIS |
