February 18, 2009
Learning to Put Things in Perspective
Here's another blast from the past. I have to give credit to my mother for digging this one out and scanning it for me after she saw the ballerina picture last week. All I did was replace the white border.
http://spccreative.smugmug.com/gallery/6974854_W6tQH#472316451_Hvwhd
This is a result of one of my favorite childhood photography lessons ever. I may have been 9 or 10 when we did this.
My dad took me and my brothers out in the yard to teach us "trick photography." I'm sure he didn't use words like ratio or perspective. He simplified the concept and showed us how to make it work. The upturned water sprinkler by Brian's feet was probably placed as a marker so he would know where to stand. (note the loop in the hose that goes around his feet)
We took photos of each other as giants crushing cars with our feet, stepping on the roof of the house and stepping on each others' heads, but this is probably my favorite. That's my youngest brother up close holding Clayton (middle child) in the palm of his hand.
Special thanks to Clay who did a little google search and determined that the camera we used was a Diana F-Series model. It was probably the best $1.50 or so my mother ever spent in 1965. Thanks Mom!
"We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. "
Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, 2005
February 18, 2009
Learning to Put Things in Perspective
Here's another blast from the past. I have to give credit to my mother for digging this one out and scanning it for me after she saw the ballerina picture last week. All I did was replace the white border.
http://spccreative.smugmug.com/gallery/6974854_W6tQH#472316451_Hvwhd
This is a result of one of my favorite childhood photography lessons ever. I may have been 9 or 10 when we did this.
My dad took me and my brothers out in the yard to teach us "trick photography." I'm sure he didn't use words like ratio or perspective. He simplified the concept and showed us how to make it work. The upturned water sprinkler by Brian's feet was probably placed as a marker so he would know where to stand. (note the loop in the hose that goes around his feet)
We took photos of each other as giants crushing cars with our feet, stepping on the roof of the house and stepping on each others' heads, but this is probably my favorite. That's my youngest brother up close holding Clayton (middle child) in the palm of his hand.
Special thanks to Clay who did a little google search and determined that the camera we used was a Diana F-Series model. It was probably the best $1.50 or so my mother ever spent in 1965. Thanks Mom!
"We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. "
Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, 2005
