Kellam High School - Challenger Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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A814880 EVELBPMENTS With the emergence of inter- est in the visual arts, many peo- ple are turning to photography as a form of expression. Some amateur photographers dabble with pocket cameras and await anxiously Fotomat's return of developed and printed 110 and 126 pictures of memorable oc- casions. Others, however, take it more seriously, carefully planning their subjects, de- veloping the negatives them- selves, and printing the final pictures. This type of absorp- tion in a hobby requires pa- tience and a willingness to learn as much as possible about it and the various techniques involved. Since the middle of their ju- nior years, Iim Marihew and Roy Pratt have devoted them- f if 41. pf selves wholeheartedly to pho- tography, lim concentrating on the intricacies of infrared pho- tography, and Roy, refining darkroom techniques, espe- cially the superimposing of negatives and producing of prints from them. As the diffi- culty of the processes in- creased, so did their interest in the hobby. At present, lim is concentrat- ing on infrared photography. Infrared photography works on the premise that every living thing gives off heat and the film picks up that heat in the form of high frequency light which the normal human being cannot see. This kind of photography takes a great deal of time and patience and a good under- standing of the physical field of science, a field in which lim has an interest, and a desire, to enter into in the future. In the middle of Iim's junior year, he guardedly volunteered his services as a yearbook pho- tographer and, after being as- sured that his pictures were good, put his talents to work for the school. lim finished the year as one of the top yearbook photo- graphers. Motivated by the suc- cess with his photographs for the yearbook last year, he tried it again this year. Since that paramount decision, lim and Roy have logged more hours in the darkroom than any other student photographers on the Challenger staff. Y fx A lim Marihew: self-portrait tures a detailed shot of a tree stump Using infra-red film, lim Marihew cap

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'X Rather than limit himself to photogra phy alone, Ralph wants to write, direct produce, and act in his movies. 2 X ,CL A NEW STAR Ml EUR SYSTEM Ralph Garner has really got things rolling. His first full-length movie with sound is schedueled to be shown in the Kellam audito- rium in May. Ralph, a Kellam senior, spent four months writing the 90- minute comedy, A Spy Film, which is crafted around the same format as the old Marx Brothers movies. The cast members are Ralph, Ken Cahoon, Michael Har- rington, Bobby Thietie, Iohn Genesevich, Donald Brinkley, Lawrence Lambert, Sally Os- borne, and Anne Pedersen - all Kellam students - and Andy Delloro, First Colonial's drum major. All of them devote their free time to the movie. Ralph had very few problems finding cast members because all of them are close friends who are very trustworthy and won't let me down, and they have talent. A Spy Film has 41 scenes and 11 characters. The plot re- volves around a spy union in control of three spy battalions. Their job is to find a missing gem and deliver some tape recordings. They are temporar- ily interrupted by an evil senator who nearly causes one of the spies to lose his life. All the cast members are in- volved in school activities and that only leaves about five days a month for filming. Ralph first became interested in this field in the sixth and seventh grade when he got hold of some of his mot.her's leftover film in her home movie camera. Ralph has made many smal- ler silent films in the past. To his credit are, The Offenders, and Hard Work. Ralph also made two 30- minute films, The Spy Film, and The Sequel to a Spy Film. He expanded both of those pictures to make his new film. Ralph is using his movie, which cost him more than 2,000 dollars, including camera equipment and film, as a money making project for the choral department at Kellam. He also hopes this will get him a talent scholarship to the Uni- versity of North Carolina. Ralph admits he's gotten very discouraged at times, but his girlfriend, Viveca Slantis, re- minds him that it's his goal and he's got to do it. Anne Pedersen, the movie's vil1ainess,said, I love it. Ralph is doing an immense amount of work. He's handling all the fi- nancesg the only thing the cast contributes is its time. I wish I could do more to help, it makes me feel guilty. Article by Rosie Morse