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Show i.cauty on the beach nicely porl for an informal roup hot. KEI? YOUR GROUP SHOTS SMALL, INFORMAL In taking group shots, there are a icvt points to keep in mind. First of all, don't try to shoot too .Jar;:! a group at or. .- time. You'll And two pictures ere really better than one if mora than a half a dozen people are joing to. .compose a single unit lor your yiew-finder. Next, be sure your subjects have a center of interest 56 that you don't end up with the kind ' of stiff-necked, glassy-eyed com- I position popular irfGrnndmother's album. Just keep your camera trained on the little conversational groups that form naturally several people sharing a Joke, three or four guests admirin;: tho 1 table decorations, a happy couple or two having a hard time deciding what to select at the groaning buffet board. Natural grouping! like these are your best tn-lurance of good snapshots js-cause the subjects are less likely) to be self-conscious or even aware of the picture taking in progress. sy If you're using flash to light your indoor snapshots, try ii have all the members ol your group at approximately the same distance from, the camera, Otherwise, you'll have uneven lighting on your subjects, making those in the foreground appear too light iand anyone in the background much too dark. Any festive occasion just seems to beg for color film and the newest type i3 a snapshooter's delight. It may be used in daylight or with flash without the addition I of filters or blue- flash bulbs to ! compensate for the different light. "-"v;ine how wonderful, it is to hzj one colar film that can bo use I pr.ywhe.-c indoors cr out, with flash or without! No doubt about it, a party lends a fillip to dally Ih..--. ,iy not cap'.u;-a the fun o:i idm 1 jo.i can have a remanent mes.-.mU) of "the good time that w;.3 had by all"? John sn Guilder i |