[Leica] WWKD?

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Bill:

Nice shot!

Jim

Bill wrote:

> What Would Kyle Do?  
> 
> Ok, so I am attending a convention of bankruptcy attorneys (it's how I
> support my Leicaholic habit) in the fair but wounded city of New Orleans.  
> I
> have had a wonderful afternoon with Jeffrey Smith who was so kind as to 
> take
> me around the city to view and photograph the devastation nine months later
> as well as take me out to the shores of the gulf in Mississippi to see 
> where
> the eye of Katrina made landfall (I'll post them later).  I am walking to 
> my
> evening event when I pass the adjacent ballroom which is now festooned with
> balloons red and white, obviously a political event of some kind.  Hmmm...
> Earlier Jeffrey mentioned that one of the city's political candidates was
> probably going to have his reception.  So, peeking in, I surmised that it
> would be for Ray Nagan.   We went looking for a late dinner and upon our
> return to the hotel, I suggested that we stop by and see how things were
> going.  The crowds were forming but there was no sign of the candidate.  So
> I wandered in, R8 /DMR in hand and my domke F2 on my shoulder, and thought
> "What would Kyle do?"  So I blended in with the press and was there for the
> announcement and acceptance speech:
> http://photobynelsch.smugmug.com/gallery/1477452/1/70623313/Original
> 
> Bill in Denver, er New Orleans