wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: I promised a theme
Dave 360texas.com 2008-Dec-19 21:08:00
Don, would the WWP contribution page be set up to accept an
additional December theme panorama ? Or are they working on the page
entry as I write this comment?
--- In #removed#, "G. Donald Bain" <dbain@...> wrote:
>
> Traditionally the last event of the year has been without theme,
an
> opportunity to share whatever you feel has been your best work of
the
> year. Which is of course a theme, in a way.
>
> But I know some of you relish the challenge of accepting an
> assignment, finding a way to exemplify a given theme in a
panorama,
> and to shoot constrained within a narrow time frame. So, if you
need a
> theme, here is one for you.
>
> 'Tis the Season - December 18-23.
>
> All the major holidays have some sort of visual symbol, some
> decorative scheme or iconography. In the US we are bombarded with
> various themes and symbols continuously from mid-October to
January
> first. First the pumpkins, ghosts, witches, haunted houses and
scary
> spiders of Hallowe'en. Then instantly it changes over to turkeys
and
> Pilgrims until Thanksgiving. The Friday after Thanksgiving (Black
> Friday) is the busiest shopping day of the year, and it starts off
a
> solid month of Christmas, which has by far the largest number of
> distinctive associations.
>
> Christmas has developed a triple personality: a pagan celebration
from
> northern Europe; a Christian holiday; and a mad orgy of
consumerism.
> Plus December also has Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the neo-pagan celebration
of
> the solstice and other cultural variations. They all contribute
> elements to the theme. Let me just list some of them.
>
> Christmas trees, glass balls, popcorn on a string, colored lights,
> candles, evergreen wreaths, holly with red berries, poinsettias,
big
> red bows, bells, angels, cherubs, heraldic trumpets, stars, manger
> scenes, sheep and donkeys, camels, wise men, menorahs, dreidels,
Santa
> Claus, elves, sleighs, reindeer (red-nosed and regular), snow-men,
> wrapped presents with bows, stockings hung from the mantelpiece,
> lights strung along the eaves, illuminated figures on the lawn,
> Christmas carols, Handel's Messiah, White Christmas, It's a
Wonderful
> Life, a partridge in a pear tree, and on, and on, and on.
>
> So your assignment, should you choose to accept it - create a
panorama
> that says boldly and clearly - 'Tis the Season!
>