Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted: At this point, I hope to be there in Victoria in April. It would be a shame not to. I look forward to meeting many people I have come to know on the list but have never met, and I want to shake their hands, and yours, and say, "Hello, friend." What a nice experience that will be. Stay warm, and guard your health. The Other Ted - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] re: most important person at a wedding? > Hi Other Ted, ;-) > >>Brings me back 50 years ago when I did those "misery days" of shooting - > sometimes > two in one day. And three or four on some weekends. Holding > the 4X5 Linhof in one > > hand, the huge strobe in the other, a ton of battery on one shoulder and a > wallet of sheet > film holders over the other.<<< > > Well my friend it's a form of photography we both experienced many times > compared to some of these young guys around here. :-) > > And like you, I hated shooting the damn things as they took all day > Saturday, I'd shoot a Roman Catholic one in the morning and a Protestant > in the afternoon. My real interest during fall wedding season was to be > shooting the pro football teams so I hated weddings even more so that time > of the year. :-) > > We used those big Multiblitz III wet cell power packs that weighed more than > a case of beer and I was always reaching up high with the strobe gun to get > away from shadows on the wall behind, but weighed down on the off side with > the strobe and a Speed Graphic or a Crown Graphic on the other. > > We used film magazines with 12 sheets and the leather bag on the side where > you slid the exposed sheet out into the bag and flipped it to the back of > the set and when you finished the 12 you put the slide in and changed the > magazine. > > A few times I put 24 exposures on one mag! Need I say more about the deep do > doo later? ;-) > > >>> But looking back, it was a good learning experience. <<< > > It was very much so, despite at the time we didn't appreciate it nor what > lay before us in the ensuing years. Which in reality still weren't so bad > either, at least we made it this far with wonderful photo memories along the > way. > > And to you my not so far away friend, lets see if we can't get a hand shake > in during this New Year before us, certainly as soon as we get nice warm > comfort weather to do it. Did you have any thought of coming to Victoria for > the LHSA Spring shoot? Should be a fun thing, as I understand the folks who > attend are "picture takers." ;-) > > The very best for the New Year may it be Healthy and Happy through out the > 12 months. All the best to you and family. > > kindest regards, > ted > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html