Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear LUGnuts: For several months I enjoy our 'club'. I have benefited greatly by = observing all those great discussions that are going on. My name is = J=F6rg Willems, born in Hamburg, Germany, living now in Atlanta, = Georgia, with my wife Katariina, Lammi, Finland, and two of our three = sons. One son moved to Idaho-Falls with his lovely wife. I enjoy my M6 and M3 and love my Noctilux and 21 mm, f:2.8 and several = other nice lenses. =20 Three years ago my wife went back to school to learn photography = (Children are ready to leave home and we remember that we are more than = just Mom and Dad!). To my greatest delight, she learned in two years so = much about photography that she 'enthroned' me to be THE family = photographer. With great interest I followed the discussion of y'all = concerning acquiring skills as a photographer by means of a formal = education. In my wife's case it had a great impact. After just two = years at Gwinnett Tech she advanced so much that she could land a nice = contract with our local Remax head quarter to equip their new head = quarter with 8 large prints and last week they ordered another 12 = pictures. The purpose of the prints are to present our county to = visitors to the head quarter. I am ecstatic, because my wife is shy and = timid and this purchase has given her self-esteem a nice boost! My wife uses a R7 and R6. She has lenses from 21, 28, 35, 50, 100 and = last week I surprised her with the 70-180, APO f:2.8 and 2x APO = extender. Today the ol' girl found out what I paid for it and now she is = scared to use the lens :) She also has a Sinar with two lenses that she = use for table top photography. After so many words now to the purpose of my letter: I encouraged Katariina to look into stock photography and now she has = contacted a stock photography company here in Atlanta to explore how she = could get into that business. They were very positive and advised her = to read several books that explain what stock photography is all about. = I would appreciate any kind of help from you "LUG-nuts" that could help = my wife in her endeavor to start a career in photography. End of April and first week of May we will drive from Atlanta to = Idaho-Falls to visit my son and his wife (We love to drive!) and I was = wondering whether we could count that journey as a business trip if my = wife would shoot picture for the stock photography? Does she need an assignment in order to count that as a business trip? I realize that my behavior is quite cheap: First time I use up so much = bandwidth I do it to ask for help! OK, with my hat in my hand I beg for = forgiveness and thank y'all in advance! (Y'all was the first thing I = learned to say and I trust that you know what that means...:) ) Best Regards J=F6rg =00