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Re: I promised a theme
G. Donald Bain 2008-Dec-19 21:18:00
The suggested theme is just to help you out if you need a theme for
your Best of 2008. One entry per person, like a regular event.
Don
On Dec 19, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Dave 360texas.com wrote:
> 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!
>>
>
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