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Photographing People By Dora W. Burke There is a great deal of difference between taking “snapshots“ and trying to make really good pictures. A good photograph will be interesting to other people, but a “snapshot” IS seldom of interest to anyone but the person who took it. A good, well composed study of a person. or a good group picture will catch the interest of a stranger. A common mistake of amateur photograa phers is trying to get too much in the picture. When taking pictures of people, backgrounds should be as unobtrusive as possible. You shouldn't have backgrounds which will distract attention from the features of the person or the activity. When taking a picture of an individual, take it as close up as your camera permits and use a fast setting to avoid fixed smiles and dead- pan expressions. Avoid pictures with a posed look, but take time to compose a good picture. Shoulders should be turned so that one is clos- er to the camera than the other, never square to the camera. If the person wears glasses, have the head turned to avoid picking up glare. A person standing will have a more relaxed look when the heel of one foot is at the instep of the other, rather than both feet planted firmly together on the ground. Whether you are taking pictures of one perâ€" son or a group, you will get more natural facial expressions if you talk about something inter- esting and click the camera without warning. Light is important for lively, interesting picâ€" tures. Avoid the middle of the day in the sum- mertime when the sun is high overhead. Bright light causes people to squint. frown and screw up their faces, and the eyes will have deep shadows. Early in the day, or towards sunset will give more interesting light; and hazy sun- light is ideal. Have the subject move and turn until you get interesting light effects. Forget that old rule about standing so the light is beâ€" hind you; you'll have much better pictures if the light comes over your shoulder and falls to the right or left of the subject. If you must take pictures of people when the sun is bright and hot, take them in the shadow of a build- mg. If you are not satisfied with the pictures you take, spend a little more time composing your picture before “clicking” the shutter and you should have pictures which are good photo- graphs rather than “snapshots”. 20 Grow But Not Old HERE IS A TRUTH OF FACT â€" we in. daily growing older with a multitude of 0th- people, many our own age, but a thousaiw. things can make it a pleasant voyage, whelh. we give much thought to it or not. Every mi. ute we are that much older â€" and wise Grow â€"4 but grow more mature, more expe; enced, and more appreciative of all the endlc blessings that are ours. Blessings keep us all'. and ambitious. If we had no objectives in lit- we would be poor indeed. It’s the new, and .r it represents, that simulates our pathway fro day to day. We grow old but no faster than u choose. Let us let nature have an inning. He, is permanent experience. Growing older I body is nothing to worry about. It’s the min and heart that take on age, if you let them looked upon a tiny child today, not more th. three, and suddenly I became three, and beg; to think of this changed world since I w. three. I know one thing. I was happy. But didn't know why. Neither does any child any early age know why he or she is unhapl or happy. The years unfold and partly explai * * * HYMN OF ALL NATIONS Tune Finlandia This is my song, 0 God of all the Nations A song of peace for lands afar and mine, This is my love, the country where my heart i This is my hope, my dream, my shrine, But other hearts in other lands are beating, With hopes and dreams the same as mine. My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean, And sunlight beams on clover leaf and pine, But other lands have sunlight, too and clover. And skies are sometimes blue as mine, ' 0 hear my song then, God of all the Natior A song of peace for their land and mine. 'k * * Our‘ Cover_ Picture WHEN OTMAR SEIDLER of Nankendm‘ Germany was one year old he became the in ter child of Plattsville Women‘s institute in sisted by four other branches). At that time 11' baby was being raised by the mother who WU in very difficult circumstances. The Branch: sent clothing, gifts and money. The mother h“: always replied and the replies have indicate her gratitude and that good use was made i" the things sent. Otmar was eight years old 01 FCbruaTY 18 and atterids school. The para: that he is holding in the picture is a gift give: to him on his first day of school. HOME AND COUNTRY