Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay and Gerry, Sincere thanks. I have to admit that this alt1 was really my favorite, but since it was taken with a Rolleicord and not a Leica ... It was taken early in the week and I had to make sure I had something presentable done with a Leica and the rest of the week was spent on it :) I enjoy taking this portraits and hopefully I will be able to continue with a larger series of children around the same age-group. There's a summer haven for teenagers about a mile south of where I live, on the coast. Middle class families can afford summer cottages there (the well-to-do stick to the north of Gothenburg), Varberg. It has a medieval fortress, wonderful beach right off the center of the town, old wooden palaces, "society houses", your basic "kurort", "health spa" of the old school. The kids take over during the summer. It's teenie-bopper heaven. I might be able to get a stand on the market place and peddle portraits. If I could pull it off, it would be a lovely collection of kids. They run around for weeks, so you might get to know them a bit. Then it works. The pictures of these two girls were taken after we took them down to Varberg (it's called that). It's too early in the season, but it looks something like this: http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/folder-4500.html I'd take a Leica, of course, and a Rolleicord/flex ... and a digital so I could crank out prints on the spot and keep them coming back. Then again, my mother fell in love again and is getting married. I probably shouldn't miss that. 73 years old. I guess my father wouldn't want her spending the rest of her life alone. Ladies in that family live to over a hundred ... at least they have the last three generations. Thanks again, Jay and Gerry. The shots are personal, so I was a little wary of putting them up. I hoped they could transcend the sentimental ... Daniel Agfa APX 100 in Xtol is a nice combination. - ----------------------- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:22:11 +0100 From: Gerry Walden <gwpics@aol.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW 17 dlridings Message-ID: <3EACD6A3.7040103@aol.com> References: <000101c30d53$be47d090$a402a8c0@hal9000> I am with Jay on this one Daniel. I really like this one - for me it has the look of Sally Mann or Jock Sturges. Really nice, and also proof that Agfa make some great but underrated, films. Gerry www.gwpics.com jayburleson@earthlink.net wrote: > Daniel posted: http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/17alt1.html > > Daniel, one of the best portraits posted in a long time. > I really like it. > It works. > I have no idea who those two are, but I'd hang the print on my wall. (I know > the right girl is your daughter, but I hope you get my point.) > > > Jay Burleson > Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" whilst you find a rock. > Talleyrand > www.jayburleson.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html