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Children: natural photo
subjects for 100 years
When George Eastman intro
duced amateur photography lo
Americans 100 years ago, chil
dren quickly became one of the
most popular snapshot subjects.
Eastman ushered in the age of
snapshot photography in 1879
by applying for a patent on a
machine that mass-produced
photographic dry plates.
Within two years, the young
inventor from Rochester and a
family friend, Henry A. Strong,
formed a company that pro
duced the first amateur camera
in 1888.
This hand-held model came
packed with a 100-exposure roll
of film, and sold for $25. When
the film had been used, the cam
era was sent to the factory.
There, for $10, it was re
loaded, the exposed film was
processed, and each round
snapshot was mounted on a
card.
Over the years, many product
improvements and innovations
have helped generations of
amateurs make pictorial records
of their children.
The present series of light
weight pocket cameras make it
even easier to take stop-action
pictures of active youngsters.
The Kodak Ektralite 30 camera
has an automatic exposure con
trol that "reads" the amount of
light available and adjusts the
shutter speed to 1500 or 1100
of a second. The fast shutter
speed helps freeze the action.
Whether you're capturing an
infant's first days or a teenager's
accomplishment, here are some
picture-taking tips to help you
make a pictorial record of your
offspring:
Hold the camera steady as
you squeeze the shutter release.
Look for action subjects.
Picture your children playing
with toys, your spouse or the
family pet.
Move in close to show a
child's face. Pictures of people
should almost always be close
ups in order to show your sub
ject's expression.
Compose the picture in the
viewfinder by carefully check
ing for distracting objects in
the foreground or background.
Keep the picture simple by re
moving the object or try shoot
ing from another angle.
Kneel, sit or bend to get
"eye-level" pictures of the sub
ject, especially small ones.
Today, as Eastman Kodak
Company celebrates its centen
nial, research scientists and
skilled technicians continue
to strive to make amateur
photography, in terms of mak
ing a picture and seeing the
image, simpler.
TIPS TO HELP YOU
TAKING PICTURES OF THE FAMILY STROLL has been
part of America's heritage ever since George Eastman rev
olutioiiized amateur photography 100 years ago.
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Tax tips that help stave
off the April 15th blues
Super Clearance fif
lt's tax time again time to
dig out the various and sundry
papers which form the record of
your fiscal year.
Like most people, you are
probably wondering if you have
done all you can to minimize
your taxes, but find the laws so
confusing that you try not to
think about it.
Don't despair! Here are some
simple tax tips which will save
you money and stave off the
April 15 tax blues:
Use your deductions to the
hilt... There are many unusual
deductions you can easily
forget, such as old clothes do
nated to charity, transportation
costs for trips to doctors offices,
even stamps you buy for a mail
ing to the P.T.A.
Check with your accountant
and, remember, be sure and get
receipts for anything you plan to
deduct.
Try tax credits... These are
better than deductions because
they represent dollars taken
right off your tax bill.
You can get a tax credit for
many things, political contribu
tions for example, or installing
energy-saving devices in your
home, or for child care if you
work.
And investments... No mat
ter how modest your income,
you can invest or save your
spare cash in ways that will cut
your tax bill.
Good shelter devices include:
an individual retirement ac
count; municipal bonds and
bond funds; deferred annuities;
savings bonds; and, if you can
afford it, a house, cooperative
or condominium apartment.
Give a gift...U you give
anyone up to $3,000 a year, you
pay no gift taxes and the reci
pient pays no income tax on the
gift. Your spouse can add
$3,000 to the gift with the same
result.
What this means is that you
can shift some of your assets or
income to a member of your
family in a lower tax bracket.
You loose direct control over
the money, but it stays in the
family.
This might be a way to set up
a college education fund for
your child.
If you're married... filing a
joint return is still advanta
geous, and you can file jointly
even if you don't get married
until the last day of the tax year.
However, getting married is
no tax bargain for most working
couples, because they usually
pay more taxes than two single
people earning the same
amounts, even when there is a
wide disparity between the two
incomes.
If your spouse goes back to
work... yaw income will proba-
, bly increase sharply from one
year to the next, and the system
of graduated taxes will take a
substantial bite.
To get around this situation,
try income averaging. Income
averaging taxes the extra in
come in an unusually profitable
year as if it were spread out over
a five-year period.
The special form includes a
simple arithmetical test to tell
you whether income averaging
is likely to save you money.
you are divorced. . . and
provide more than half the child
support, you can file a "head of
household" return and pay
taxes at a lower rate than if you
were single.
The ex-spouse who pays
alimony can subtract it from
gross income even if he or she
doesn't itemize deductions.
Whoever has custody of the
kids pays no tax on child support
payments from the ex-spouse.
you are single ... and your
mother or father comes to live
with you or you pay nursing
home costs, you can also file a
"head of household" return as
long as you provide over 50 per
cent of your parent's support.
If you are planning a new
addition to the family .. .From a
tax standpoint, the ideal time to
have a baby is in December.
This way, you can get the full
year's $1,000 personal exemp
tion for the baby while support
ing the new child for only a short
time.
On the job.. . Fringe benefits
that come with your job can give
you extra nontaxable income.
For example, many corpora
tions offer reimbursement for
tuition and books if you are
studying to further your career.
If you are going to accept a
job in a new locale, compare the
new state and local tax rates
with the current rates you pay.
Even at the same salary level,
you could come out ahead by
moving.
In addition, moving expenses
of up to $2,500 can be sub
tracted directly from your in
come, whether or not you
itemize your deductions.
A word of caution.. . Every
deduction or tax benefit you
claim must be documented.
Therefore, be sure to keep
complete and accurate records
of everything ranging from can
celled checks to receipts, and
even bills of sale.
Keep these important records
organized and filed in one con
venient location. A good choice
is a Sentry U.L. fire-rated safe,
which not only organizes impor
tant family records, but is the
only way to protect these papers
from loss or damage by fire.
(Little tin boxes and metal file
cabinets offer no fire protection
whatsoever.)
Deductions that cannot be
substantiated because records
have been destroyed in a fire
will probably be disallowed by
the I.R.S. and you could have
a financial as well as a personal
disaster on your hands.
Follow these simple tax tips,
and watch the April 15th blues
disappear!
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