By Emily Beliveau, Digital Projects Assistant
Working with a photographic collection from a studio photographer means we have access to many instances of two or more shots taken in short succession. In essence, there are hundreds of two-frame movies available to us if we want to make them (and of course we do!) Most of these moving pictures only tell the story of someone fidgeting in front of a camera, but some are better than others. For instance, we can make this air trainee wink at us (click image to animate):
Detail from No. 63 Sky Harbour Class, September 1942. image A993.0003.037l. J. Gordon Henderson, photographer. Rights: Public domain.
Now to be a buzzkill, this fellow was cropped from a Sky Harbour class picture taken in sunny conditions, so he and most of the rest of his classmates were squinting in the sun rather than flirting for the camera. To give you an idea how much movement there is between one take and another, here is the full view (click image to animate):
No. 63 Sky Harbour Class, September 1942, image A993.0003.037k+l. J. Gordon Henderson, photographer. Rights: Public domain.
There are dozens and dozens of potential animated GIFs within the Henderson air training photos, so stay tuned for future moving pictures.