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PHOTOGRAPHY
The
majority of our party will wish to take photographs and for
general photography Kodak "Verichrome" Pan is
recommended.
It would probably be wiser to buy your film in this country
before-hand although supplies and prices abroad do compare with
those here.
What to look for -
1. SCENIC;
Look for something typical of the landscape or architecture.
Contrasts sometimes help here.
2. LOCAL
COLOUR;
People in National Costume. Natives in their natural surroundings
-anything giving information as to way of life, local crafts,
centuries-old customs. Farm animals wearing bells, strange
harness etc.
3.
FOREGROUND;
Look for town nameplates, Inn signs, shop signs & sign posts;
some are wonderfully ornamented- and use them to form an
important part in your photograph.
COLOUR;
Should your camera have provision for lens filters then your
photographic dealer can supply one that will counteract the
excess of blue that comes from the atmosphere among the mountains
and lakes. A "WRATTEN 1A" is recommended and the use of
this filter requires no increase in exposure.
To my knowledge, this booklet was actually authored by Mr Kernuck the art teacher at the time, who was also my mentor in the printing establishment of the school. As we were under tremendous pressure to produce these booklets (about 100, I seem to recall) with a very close deadline, a lot of errors did creep in. I remember trying to "proof-read" the copies in order to eliminate ALL the errors, but once the worst and most glaringly blatant were corrected, we had to "go for it". Reviewing it now as I have re-typed it, many years rolled back and the temptation to correct the errors was still there. I resisted this in order to reproduce it as near to the original as the editing facility of the computer would allow.
It was also fascinating to see once again some of the long-forgotten trade names such as "Verichrome Pan", something which I believe has long been discontinued by Kodak, and what of the "Wratten 1A" filter? I wonder how many of those are still in existence.
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