Then there was Freddy Frank who was kept as an extra for several of the film studios for many years starting in the 1930's. Lou Costello referred to him as "the eight wonder of the world." Freddy was often employed as a waiter at studio parties. His job was to carry about a large modified salad bowl and tongs. An unsuspecting starlet would serve herself more than just salad.
I imagine he and Milton Berle could have had some epic swordfights!
Scientists estimate that someone like him appears only once every every 1000 years. Which makes him the Millenium Falcon. The problem is, most women are so frightened of it that he's also Hand Solo.
Yeah, it originated in France.
I'm as proud of American innovation as anyone. But Karl Benz invented the automobile. Modern flush toilets originated in England and their use became widespread there before it did in the US.
It could be questioned why we use rectangle and square frames at all. The picture produced by a lens is circular with fall off towards the edges. It is only our obsession with Euclidian geometry that makes us frame images the way we do.
It could be questioned why we use rectangle and square frames at all. The picture produced by a lens is circular with fall off towards the edges. It is only our obsession with Euclidian geometry that makes us frame images the way we do.
122 film was designed to make prints that were the same size as postcards.
you are right. the prints sent back from the first "kodak were round ...
It eliminates the problem of sloping horizons!
Steve.
There still would be many other ways to screw up a photograph.
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