Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been running film like a mad man for two days straight. You don't want to know how many rolls - let's just say "many". Anyway, I proofed the whole mess and could not resist printing one frame before going to bed. I was at an incredible wedding reception at the Ritz Carleton in Pasadena. It was late and the party was winding down. A lone couple was doing a very sensuous tango on the dance floor. It was dark except for candles and the video guy's light - he was taping them. I noticed how when he and I were at opposite sides of the couple, his light put them into a very dramatic silhouette (sp?). I had TMY in my Leica and a 2/50 Summicron-M wide open. I whipped out my trusty incident meter and took a read into his light - 2.0 @ 1 sec.... hmmm... what the hell. I shot half a roll that way and one of them is brilliant. The man has her bent back over his knee, her hair is fanned out in a blur and the feeling is pure ether. Love, again. ,/8^|