[Leica] IMG: Alton Brown stole my camera and I have the images to prove it

[stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius)]

Chris- the best portraits I've seen all day- and not even using a red 
dot camera! Stasys
On Apr 23, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Christopher Williams wrote:

> Okay, not really.
>
> My wife and I walked down to the local bookstore(a real local store, 
> not the B&N) today to see Alton Brown (Good Eats and Iron Chef TV 
> Host). He was signing his new book "Feasting on Asphalt", which 
> follows the story of the TV series of the same name that Alton did 
> last year. They started in New Orleans and went up North along the 
> Mississippi River on motorcycles looking for local recipes and food.
>
> We noticed he was taking photos with everyone so it seemed no problem 
> to get some shots with him when it was our turn. So we get up there, 
> extremely nice guy, signs the books and one of the assistants says she 
> would take a photo with my camera so we both can be in the shot. Well, 
> keep in mind I have my D3 with 28-70/2.8 with me, but she says no 
> problem. I put the camera on AF-C and high speed 11fps just to make 
> sure she will get the shot for us.
>
> Click,click,click,click,click,click,click.............. she's nailing 
> it! Alton starts to laugh at how large and fast the camera is. So he 
> starts to shoot self portraits with it! This is just too hilarious! I 
> make sure I sneak in a few frames with my ugly mug.
>
> So here's a slideshow of today, complete with Alton's self portraits.
>
> www.zoeicaimages.com/AltonBrownNOLA
>
> As we're leaving he tells me Ansel would not approve of that type of 
> photography.
>
>
> Chris
> NOLA
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