Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well done Sonny! I guess you do your photography like some people drink their wine, slow and easy, meant to be savored. All the best, Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Jul 8, 2006, at 6:21 PM, SonC@aol.com wrote: > A couple weeks ago, Kyle Cassidy visited here on his trek across > America to > gather pictures for his book, Since Kyle was my inspiration for > Picture a > Week, it was fitting that week marked five years of my PAW. > > Amazing trek. I've made many people happy with some of my shots; > some > people angry, because they just don't get what I'm doing. > > The Friday flowers came almost accidentally when I posted a picture > to the > archivists group, and lots of people liked it. It became my most > followed > feature, often producing a thousand views in a day. > > It is a nice feeling to have accomplished this, and I will continue. > > The sidebar to all this is that through this web site, I have > experienced > new opportunities, after being away from journalism for some time; > several > magazine assignments and some features on e-zines are in my > pocket, and some > magazine covers too! > > Lots of fun, and I'm getting local recognition as well. A poster > series > "Sacred Places" for the Natchitoches Historical Foundation yielded > hundreds of > sales for them this year. > > All this because five years ago, I took up an idea, and started > taking my > camera everywhere I go. > > Thanks Kyle. > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information