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THE VIEWFINDER
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Contact the PSQ to receive our monthly newsletter. You'll learn the tips and tricks like the ones listed below
that will have you taking great pictures. Find out about the upcoming photographic events including outings, contests,
meetings, workshops and more. All provided with the help of Quincy
Photographic Society.
Affiliations: back to top
The Photographic Society of America
Central Illinois Camera Club Association
The Quincy Society of Fine Arts
Photography Tips
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April 2001
Composition |
Point of View
One of the best ways to break the cliche of making photographs at your own eye level is to ask yourself these questions:
Do you...take most pictures while standing upright? Feel there is a law that says every photograph should be taken
at your eye level? Wonder what your pet sees at its eye level? Ever wonder just how tall and imposing you must
be to children?
Common disappointment to parents is the photograph made of their small child from an adult's standing height. It
probably shows the top of the child's head, or the child's face straining to look up at you and smile. Why not
get down to the level that shows the subject properly? When you photograph children, get right down to their level,
try to show them as other children see them. Try what most professional photographers do when they photograph people:
position the lens at or near the level of the subject's waist to achieve a balanced perspective.
By lowering your viewpoint, you can reveal a different perspective, whether the subject is a child, another adult,
or a flower in a field. The lower viewing angle will promote your subject and provide more emphasis than an overhead
view. By shooting from a lower angle, you impart greater size and scale to your subject. |
Schedule
for 2001 |
April 12
April 19
May 10
May 17
June 14
July 12
July 19
August 9
September 13
September 20
October 11
October 18
November 8
December 13 |
Contest - Open Slides & Prints
Program - To Be Announced
Contest - Slides & Nature
Awards Banquet
Contest - Open Slides & Assigned
Subject - Doorways
Contest - Slides & Prints
Night Photo Outing
Contest - Slides & Nature
Contest - Slides & Assigned
Subject - Window Light
Program To Be Announced
Contest - Slides & Prints
Wiener Roast
Contest - Slides & Assigned
Subject - Architectural Details
Contest - Slides & Nature |
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| Assigned Subjects |
The assigned subjects for 2001 are:
June 14
September 13
November 8 |
Doors or Doorways
Window Lit Subject(s)
Architectural Details |
To be eligible for this competition, the slides must be taken in 2001. The judges may downgrade the slide if they
decide the assigned subject or technique is not the main subject in the photograph.
Start looking and photographing. Let's have some good contest this year. |
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