Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted is absolutely correct here. Photographers are strange people. The sit and watch the same scene for hours, apparently to no purpose although what they really want is that cloud right up there, the one on the left, to be just a tad bit more in the center, and the sun to be down just a bit more, and they're perfectly willing to wait an hour or so for this to happen. This drives other people nuts. Hell, when I'm with a photographer and he's doing it with an image that does not interest me, it drives me nuts. Wives and children claim they are willing to be patient but, trust me, it ruins the trip for them. And well it should. Two years in a row now I have gone to Grand Teton National Park by myself. Just me and a couple cameras. (R3, Graflex XL) I've stood in fields or on mountain tops waiting for clouds to do what they may or may not do. Just theknowledge that my wife is NOT back in the car being very patient makes it so much more enjoyable. The pictures come out better, too. charlie trentelman ogden In a message dated 8/16/0 12:07:25 AM, you wrote: > >Ted Grant wrote, in part: > >> For those of you who think taking your wife and family along is cool, >> kill two birds on one trip, they can do things while I'm shooting, >> "ABSOLUTELY DON'T!" As the likelihood of someone getting killed isn't >> going to be the bird, it'll be you feet up and Leica in hand! :-) >> >> It all sounds so nice, "Well dear I'll be out shooting most of the day >> and get back early, spend time with you and the kids." Yeah right! >> Great! and any of you folks believing that's the way it is, you haven't >> lived through any experience like this.