- Wayde
(wallen@boulder.nist.gov)
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25 PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUTHS
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>1. The best scenic views are clearly designated by highway signs reading NO
>STOPPING ANYTIME.
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>2. Edward Steichen owned a three-legged dog, which he named Tripod.
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>3. The Post Office folds all parcels containing photographs.
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>4. Camera straps never fail above soft surfaces.
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>5. Lens caps and cable releases can become invisible at will.
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>6. Spotone bottles are designed to tip over when the cap is removed.
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>7. Financial success in photography is directly related to proper choice of
>subject matter. Falling airplanes, exploding volcanoes, and certain
>Presidential motorcades work best.
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>8. No two light meters agree.
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>9. The word "Daguerreotype" cannot be spelled correctly.
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>10. A new Hasselblad would take better pictures than your present camera.
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>11. 1/60 at f/8 is the correct exposure for all photographs.
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>12.When your friends finally realize that you are a true artist, committed to
>making sensitive and meaningful images, they will ask you to photograph their
>wedding.
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>13. Color slide viewing cures insomnia.
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>14. On any tripod, only two legs work properly.
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>15. Dust spot are attracted to sky areas.
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>16. YES, PHOTOGRAPHERS DO IT IN THE DARK... but they have to stop every
>thirty seconds to agitate.
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>17. There's nothing wrong with a 35mm that a 4x5 can't cure.
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>18. Ansel Adams has three Secret Zones known only to him.
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>20. Fast films compensate for slow photographers.
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>21. Mounting a photograph is a misdemeanor in Arkansas.
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>22. Owning more than one lens assures that you will always have the wrong
>lens on the camera for any given picture.
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>23. A camera store will charge $75 to repair a camera that has been adjusted
>with a butter knife.
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>24. Falling lenses are attracted to rocks.
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>25. Into every life a little grain must fall.
Palma Allen
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pallen_4