Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like a man not to be laughed with. I'm gonna use that trick instead of scanning, too. The rsult looks splendid. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 14-jul-07, om 20:09 heeft Kyle Cassidy het volgende geschreven: > > So I'm walking through the hood on friday and I run into Omar, our > best dressed homeless person. "Hey!" he says, "take my picture!" > because that's what he always says when he sees me. "I don't have a > camera," I tell him, and he seems a little disapointed. But I > remember I have the Hasselbad in my backpack (snapping my spine) so > I plop down on a chair outside the coffee shop and try and figure > out how to get film in it (not so bad). Omar is a little dejected. > "I'm happy," he says, "but I'm tired, worn out." All the liquor > stores and bars in the area have stopped serving him. He's charming > when he's sober but turns into a mean drunk. I think I've taken > about nine photos when I realize that I have one white dot and one > blue dot and one purple dot on the side of the camera, and i > realize that's probably not good -- there's no number in the frame > window. Then I realize that you might need to turn the OTHER crank > on the back of the camera. so I do. the film winds, a number shows > up, I take a photo of omar: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/hassey-omar3.jpg > > it cost freaking EIGHT DOLLARS so have this roll of film developed. > i "scanned" it by photographing it with my leica d200 (that's my > thumb at the top left). > > > QUESTION FOR LONDON LUGGERS > The wonderful archaeologist who lives upstairs from me is in Syria > digging up dead people right now. When he's done he's going to the > British Museum for a couple weeks or possibly a month doing > research on his book (about dead people who are in the British > Museum it would seem) and is looking for a place to stay -- sublet > apartment, academic housing, or a room in someone's house. He's > quiet and self sufficient and knows his way around london very > well. Might be late July and August -- it depends on how many dead > people they find in Syria I guess. If you know of anything, please > email me off list. Many thanks. > > You can read his exciting blog about syria here: > > http://whafford.livejournal.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >