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Che SNAPSHOT GUILD
TAKE A PATTERN PICTURE
The pattern effect adds Interest to this puppy shot. Keep your eyes opon for natural or "aceldental" patterns. Or, arrange some patterns yourself
they make novel pictures.
PATTERNS take interesting picplant in the shaft of sunlight that
tures and thoro are subjects for Blauts through your window. Noto - pattern pletures all about you. I the shadow It cants. Pictura the two don't mean formal, ready-made pat-and you'll find the shadow ndda torna, ngel an 'you dad in cloth or "Pattern interest" to the subject. This is especially true it shadows wallpaper; but rather the pattern extend toward the camera. Pointing offerts which occur through away, they're not so effective. Nat. grouping of objects, or through the Jurally, when shooting toward tho action of light and shade.
light, you must take enro that For example, do you have anbright direct rays do unt strike the ornamental tron Kato. ON know camera lens. where thore la ope? Then study the Often objects can be grouped for shindow it enala A sunny day, ja paiteen offret. Sametimon they ar Thla shadow will "repeat" the out-range themselves-ns, for example, ling of the pato-and if you include in the picture of the puppies above. both gato and shadow in a picture. Here, you have an informal "whool- you can get an interesting pattern spoke” arrangement, a very effectivo effect.
type of pattern. Note that the shind-
The name holds true of a stalrows extend toward the camera. Binco way railing, a window grille, or a the camera was pointed downward. child's tricycle. Shout 2 seen the lens was protected from direct through the window grile-using | Hight. aumall lens opening - and you'll Try some pattern arrangements haya a novel pattern picture. Shout using flowers, dishes, books, eggs, or tho Erleyclo with its shadow on the other bundy objects. They make in. nidewalk-not at hout, but a few tereating pictures, with alco decora- hours earlier or later-and there's tive quality-and they'll add variety
Roller effect.
to your picture collection.
Place a vann of flowers or a polled
John van Guilder
Saturday,
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January 11, 1941.
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as mentioned. Nor is Mr. Eliot
which is refreshing. Mr Spencer nover forgets, as
The Art and Life of William bardolaters who maintain Shakespearo, by Hazelton that Shakespeare can do no Spencer, INow York: Har- wrong. He is always cour- the analysera of Imagery go teous when he has to do with often do, that Shakespeare was a man of the theatre and that -opinions which he does not ho aimed at effects which would THIS book should appeal share, but without losing his "got across" to his audience. to a very wide public, as patience he has no sympathy mind, he introduces into his dis
Keoping this fact constantly in far in every direction as with the cranks and crot cussion of each play a brief ac- intelligent interest in the chets, the theorists and count of its fortunes on the greatest of English geniuses theories, the "disintegrators" stage. This part of his work is reaches. It is up-to-the- who think they can detect necessarily somewhat sketchy: he touches only the high apots;. minute in its scholarship but other of half a dozen dif- omits anything of prime import- the presence of one or an- but I have not noted that he it does not emphasise Shake- ferent hands in plays tradi- ance. A valuable feature of spearean erudition to the tionally ascribed wholly to this portion of his work is his exclusion of Shakespeare. Shakespeare, or those who alertness to the possibilities of It is lucidly and gracefully think they detect topical performed. Several of them he written, with many touches of humour but without face- tiousness. It handles grave matters gravely, and light
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matters lightly. There is, allusions to this or that and falsities of Hollywood; and of course, a great deal of great event of the time: the he is aware of the promise unavoidable repetition of the passing of Essex, the acces- magnificent performances known facts about Shake- sion of James I, and so some of the plays which are ill- adapted to the "legitimate" speare's life and work; with- forth,
theatre. Especially does he re- out this factual basis critical
Regarding many disputed commend to the cinema people discussion hangs in the air points of authorship, date, and "Anthony and Cleopatra" and But all this is summarised the like, Mr Spencer's position "The Tempest."
is wisely "nescient." He is can- in a brisk, crisp style which did in saying that all that we No render should overlook the sustains interest in such know is that nothing can be notes; they do not crowd his known. With equal candour, he pages but are gathered together problems as dates and admits. probabilities or pos- at the buck, with some, loss of sources, matters too often sibilities where self-respecting convenience, perhaps, but with scholarship can make the admis- a gain in scemlincas. They con- done to death by the dry-as- sion. He follows the tradition tain much entertaining erudi- dusts.
of such sober, responsible, and tion. The large bibliography, is reliable guides as Sir Edmund accompanied by brief remarks Mr Spencer understands Chambers and Professor Kit upon the importance and value the point of view of the in- tredge, by whom, if we are not of many of the items which it always informed, we are, at any contains. It is conveniently ar- telligent "layman"; to a rate, never misinformed. His ranged. The very full index is large extent, indeed, he has patience hovers on the brink of an indispensable part of the that point of view himself. breakdown when he has to touch apparatus, for this is a volume
on the theories of such ex- crowded with matter. He has an admirably unped- tremists as J. M. Robertson and ber of illustrations, well chosen antic willingness to admit J. Dover Wilson. As for the and beautifully reproduced, add absurdities, dullness, fail- metaphysical criticism of such to the value of this lively, interpreters as Prof. J. Wilson learned, stimulating, and de- ures, and is not one of the Knight--they are never so much lightful book.
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