Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Where is a good spot? I always find myself riding my bike through the slums because there are always people out who don't mind having there picture taken but everyone takes pictures of the slums. Where can I a 17 year old get pictures of the rich. I snuck onto a golf course once but those people aren't very receptive to photos and there boring shots any ways. The country club won't let me anywhere near. At 09:34 AM 7/3/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Kyle, > >Hey, there's life after 50. :-) Apply the Grant principle. Get some film, get >your stuff together, put the seat of your pants in the seat of your car, drive >to your favorite location and shoot. > >Barney > >Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > > just got off the phone with ye not-local camera fix it shoppe and they > > dumped the bad news on me that it will be at least 2 more weeks before > > they can fix the vertical alignment on my M6 -- which means i'm stuck with > > this M3 for that much longer..... > > > > it's sitting on the chair next to me right now -- it LOOKS nice -- but i > > miss my light meter, and my framelines and my rewind crank and my flash > > sync. i'm finding myself not so inspired by the camera as i used to be. > > i've had the same roll of film in there for a week. > > > > i really need something to kick start life at 50mm.... i guess that's the > > big thing -- i never used the 50mm lens before. i'm finding the focal > > length restritive and unappealing.... > > > > ah. what to do.... > > > > so complete this sentence for me: > > > > "i was at _____________ yesterday and saw ______________, i was shocked, > > but it was _______________. i was very glad that i had my 50mm lens with > > me, because that's the best lens for shooting ______________. the > > resulting photo was _______________!" > > > > kc