Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your words blend well with our national joy today, Ted. Thank you, Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 On Jan 20, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > 2008 LUG YEAR BOOK! > > > > Now that's a classic photography book if ever there was one! > > Let's put aside all my yelling, ranting, haranguing, cajoling, name > calling > for another 11 months first. > > Thank you. > > And I'll put away all the . "who the hell do you think you are > telling us > what to do?" And what's the big deal anyway?" etc. Not to forget a > few > others. :-) Be in lots of time and I'm as sweet as baby powder. :-) > > > > Now having not said a word for a week or two about the book simply > because > quite frankly in my personal library of books dating way back into > the 20's > and forward. This 2008 year, the LUG book falls into the realm of a > classic. > > > > > In a half century or more, this book will stand out as a classic > because it > was produced, not by some big name publisher filled with so called > "BIG > NAME" photographers pictures. But by a group of photo fun loving > people just > for the enjoyment of it with a couple of their photos published in > a book. > > > > How many of you have gone back 30-40-60- years and looked at some > of the > "YEAR BOOKS" of those bygone times, examining and comparing the > photographic > image quality to the 2008? Hell there isn't any comparison. Never > mind the > technical aspect! Damn we're pretty good all round! :-) > > > > If I've gone through this book twenty times that's about half the > number of > times, if not more looking, comparing page and picture to picture > and page! > It's truly a wonderful collection of photos by my friends and LUG > family > around the world. Most important? The names of "Lurkers!" :-) > > > > Ladies and gentlemen, we are batting more than a 1000, if that's > possible. > Because this is the best year book ever! You bet the others were > very good > and interesting. However, over all quality is way up in every fashion, > photographs, reproductions and plain old fashion excellent pictures > and > subjects page after page great quality. > > > > And certainly not to forget our Group Leader, organizer, do all the > work > putting it all together, our one and only best book guy in the > world, who > else but our own Jim Schulman. Man with this gentleman and his > pursuing, > pushing, begging, pleading and e-mails week after week.. "Please > send in > your pictures!" The book would never have happened! Everyone in > the book > thank your lucky starts this human being who cared enough to do > everyone in > the book a great favour by giving of himself in such a dedicated > manner for > our books' well being! > > > > Jim old buddy can't offer more than the biggest "THANK YOU VERY > MUCH MON > AMI!" > > > > Now while I have your attention..... 2009 is already upon us and if we > should be so lucky and Jim takes on the task one more time, you > only have 11 > months, 11 days and a few hours to get your act together for the > new book. > > > > Make a folder on your desk top and as the months quickly slip by, > drop your > LUG BOOK possibles in it. At the beginning of December 2009 check > it out, > dump the not so great ones. "Really now you didn't think everyone > was going > to be great did you?" :-) > > Edit hard, pick two and "Jim's yer Uncle" you can send without > hesitation. > Then you wont have to make me get ticked off because some of you > are lazy > nogood-niks and always send them late while whining. > > > > Look at your 2008 copy once again, sit quiet, possibly a glass of > something > settling and pleasant in hand, relax and enjoy the 2008 one more > time with > great reverence for our LUG Family and good buddy Jim Schulman. > > > > An Honour to share the pages with each and everyone of you far and > wide. > > Cheers, see you in the 2009 pages shortly. :-) > > Dr. ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information