The Daytona Beach News-Journal | Tuesday, May 3, 2016 D1 NEWS-JOURNALONLINE.COM/ Go online to see a complete list of places to go LIFE ETC. and things to do QUESTIONS? Contact Editor Dave Wersinger at 386-681-2244 or [email protected] PARENTING PARENTING LET’S TALK PETS Can game Better theory help parents? Bring Back mobile By Leanne Italie Associated Press phone NEW YORK — Game theory, a branch of mathe- Brownie! photos matics dealing with strategic thinking, has been applied to scenarios of war, business By Jamie Davis Smith and biology. But parenting? Special to The Washington Post You bet, said writer and New York City dad of five, Ask any photographer Paul Raeburn, who has writ- what the best camera is and ten a book with academic you will likely receive the Kevin Zollman noting all the same answer: The one you ways dealing with kids might have with you. Fortunately, go more smoothly if only most parents always have parents knew a little bit about a camera with them these game theory. days in the form of their The book, "The Game phone. Luckily, most mobile Theorist’s Guide to Parent- phone cameras are very ing," was published in April good and capable of produc- by Scientific American / ing print-worthy images Farrar, Straus and Giroux. with a few quick tweaks in A conversation with Paul the way you shoot and edit. Raeburn: Julia Kelleher of Jewel AP: What motivated you to take Images is a family photog- on game theory as it relates to rapher who teaches mobile parenting? photography through Cre- Raeburn: I didn’t know a ativeLive. Here, she shares whole lot about game theory her top four tips for get- but I was delighted to take In this undated photo, a tourist bends to talk to Brownie, the town dog, near the Daytona Cab Company at the ting better pictures of your a look at a new approach to corner of Beach Street and Orange Avenue. Brownie showed up in downtown Daytona Beach one day in 1940 and children with your camera’s parenting because as the was soon adopted by the city. STATE ARCHIVES OF FLORIDA, FLORIDA MEMORY phone: father of five kids I’ve pretty ■ Set focus and exposure much tried everything and in camera. To set focus and I have what you might call a This community needs a town dog - again exposure in your camera, mixed record. All of my kids touch the camera’s screen have turned out fine but it’s to rest in a beautiful grave at on your main subject until been a real learning experi- Riverfront Park that is still a yellow box appears. This ence along the way. there to this day. step is very fast and will Basically, without getting In 1940 the Beach Street make a huge difference in into the mathematics of game shops were the hub of how your photos come out. theory, which are beyond activity in Daytona Beach, If your child frequently me, the idea is that game before the Volusia Mall, the looks too dark in photos, theory is sort of an organized JANE DAVIS Speedway, and when racing simply tapping her face on way of studying strategies. cars still used the beach as a the screen before snapping As parents, it can give us track. Back then the corner your photo will brighten confidence to do the things EDITOR’S NOTE: Jane where Brownie made his her up. This tip also helps that we instinctively think we Davis writes a citizen blog home was the location of ensure that your child is in should do. for news-journalonline called the Daytona Cab Co. and focus rather than a tree in AP: In parenting, does game “Let’s Talk Pets,” which you owner, Ed Budgen, took a the background. theory rely on the notion of nego- can find at letstalkpets.blogs. special liking to this friendly ■ Turn on the Grid: In tiating. Should parents be in the news-journalonline.com. Her dog and started to feed him most phones’ settings, business of negotiating? column will appear in the Life scraps of food (as did other there is a feature to turn on Raeburn: In negotiations Etc. section of The Daytona cab drivers). They named him a grid with nine squares and you have to be strategic. Beach News-Journal twice a Brownie and eventually built four intersecting points, Our children are some of the month. Born in rural U.K., sur- him a dog house with a coin like a tic-tac-toe board toughest negotiators we will rounded by farm and domestic jar set outside where locals with equally sized spaces. face. They really can stick animals, she is passionate and tourists would donate The interesting points on to their positions. So the about animals and supporting towards his food and vet the grid are places where ideas of game theory that local animal rescue. Jane says bills. The dog’s fund grew so viewers’ eyes tend to land. are applicable to parenting that the world of animal rescue much that they opened a bank Placing your main subject include how to better negoti- is like riding a roller-coaster, Brownie, Daytona Beach’s town account for him at the Florida at one of these points will ate with your kids, how to be with “big ups and downs; not dog, passed away in 1954. His grave Bank & Trust (now the Hali- instantly improve your fair, how to encourage them for the faint of heart.” She is marked by this tombstone and fax Historical Museum). photo. Photographers to be fair with one another hopes sharing some of these topiary in Riverfront Park on Beach I checked in at the Hali- frequently use this compo- and how to encourage stories will help even more Street. JANE DAVIS fax Historical Museum and sitional technique, called them to cooperate with one animals. Contact her at volu- found out a lot more about the Rule of Thirds, and if another. [email protected]. Beach Street and Orange Brownie. In fact, museum you keep the grid turned AP: What are some specific game Avenue (where Stavro’s Pizza director Fayn LeVeille used on you can effortlessly use theories that relate to parenting? ne sunny day in Day- is now located). He quickly to run and play with Brownie it for your photos as well. Raeburn: For instance, tona Beach in 1940, became a permanent resident for hours as a child in Riv- Other compositional rules the idea of fairness. If you’re O a large, friendly, and was so well loved by the erfront Park along with the for taking great photos, par- going to share a piece of cake sandy colored dog suddenly local community that when ticularly of children, can be and you want to share it fairly appeared on the corner of he died of in 1954, he was laid SEE BROWNIE, D4 found at clickinmoms.com. between your son and your ■ Use indirect light to daughter, one game theory take a picture in a darkly lit technique is called, ‘I cut, room. Flash can create harsh you pick.’ So your son, who FAMILY TIME shadows. If a room is dark, is older, takes the knife and light the person from the cuts as carefully as possible side rather than using the into two pieces and then your Stories of hope for Eating Recovery Day flash. According to Kelle- daughter picks the one she her, “This tip is great for wants. GateHouse News Service when you’re out at dinner SEE THEORY, D4 with friends or family and Savannah Kerr battled the room is dimly lit with anorexia for 18 years before candles. Simply have one she hit rock bottom and person hold the flash onto decided that it was finally time your subjects, and then take to seek treatment. a picture with your [mobile “Suffering from an eating phone] with the flash off.” disorder was so hard, not just ■ Use color to impart feel- on me, but my family as well. ings into your images. Basic It felt like having this dark part familiarity with the color of my personality that con- wheel can make a big differ- trolled what I could eat and ence in your photos. “I will how I felt about my body,” often photograph children Kerr said. with complementary colors Eating disorders have the because it makes them seem highest mortality rate of all alive and happy and very mental illnesses; almost one vivacious,” Kelleher says. person an hour dies as a direct This color wheel is inter- result from the disease. While active and quickly shows it is estimated that up to 30 complementary color com- This book cover provided by Scien- million people in the United Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses; almost binations so, for example, tific American/Farrar, Straus and States have one of these ill- one person an hour dies as a direct result from the disease. METRO CREATIVE you can see that if your son Giroux shows “The Game Theorist’s nesses, it remains a taboo CONNECTION is wearing an orange shirt Guide to Parenting” by Paul Rae- topic. placing him in front of a burn and Kevin Zollman. Raeburn, a “Eating disorders can eating disorders can be,” said Talking: the fi rst step blue wall or against a bright father of five, and Zollman, a game impact anyone-men and Ken Weiner, founding partner Despite the pervasiveness of blue sky will create a vibrant theorist and academic, have teamed women, young and old, and all and chief executive officer of eating disorders, many myths image.