Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Shop & Shoot! Married's only!
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:02:46 -0500

Ted:

This won't work for me. My wife wants to do the shoot also!

Ken Wilcox


At 9:18 -0800 3/25/0, a fine scholar, Ted Grant wrote:

>Hey folks,
>
>Here you are, "Shop & Shoot!"
>
>This is the way to get out for a solid day of comfortable picture taking
>without spouce carrying on about making a "photo widow - widower" out of
>them all the time.
>
>"Hey honey how'd you like to go shopping, you know, a nice day at the
>Mall?"  Immediately they are caught off guard!   In my case she'd think
>I'd finally flipped out completely instead of my usual partial. :)
>
>However, the truth is you want to have the day wandering about quietly
>looking for exicting images,  without spouce whinng in background, "How
>many pictures of that flower, whatever, are you going to take?  They all
>look the same anyway!"
>
>Some of you folks know exactly what I mean,  Right? :)
>
>So here's the plan,  "Hey honey how about we do a "SHOP & SHOOT?  You
>shop and I'll shoot,"  Man their eyes light up on cue to "SHOP!" And
>away you go! A happy carefree day of nothing on your mind than happy
>snapping the life and times before you.
>
>Key phrasing,   use.....  "SHOP"  first!   After that she wont hear
>another word! :)
>
>You, mentally free, enjoy your Leica shooting in the breeze. It's
>wonderful, trust me it works! :)
>
>ted
>
>
>
> I wont be the drag ass along behind you and you wont feel impedided
>with me hovering around like a lost dog in heat!
>off


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