Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You got some very nice ones! I think he would be proud of any of them. Tina On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:47 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > Matt Millen, a third generation slate and tile roof specialist, along with > other members of the National Slate Association, is rewriting, for the > first > time since 1926, "Slate Roofs, Design and Installation Manual 2010." After > Matt and I had arranged to photograph a roof for the cover of the Manual > this past Monday afternoon; he asked if I was available in the morning to > photograph his 99 year old father, William, during a rare visit to Millen > Roofing Company headquarters. > > When I arrived William asked Matt who I was (he didn't remember that we'd > met on a few previous occasions - and I'd even photographed their rather > large family 35 years earlier). Matt introduced me and added that I was a > photographer who'd be taking some photos of a roof later today. William > then > asked me, "Are you any good?" And before I could even answer turned to Matt > and asked, "Is he any good?" He went on to emphatically state that he did > NOT want any photographs made of himself. Matt turned to me and said, "Just > take out your camera and do the best you can." So I was in the rather > uncomfortable position of trying not to offend the subject while also > trying > to accomplish something of value for Matt. I'd brought my favorite portrait > light - but it would never come out of the car. I had the M8 with 50 lux > asph on the camera (about as discreet a kit as possible). Matt, his brother > John and William were in constant motion walking around the warehouse for > all of about 8 minutes (near the end the sister who drove dad in joined > us). > > As William left the shop we shook hands and he said to me, "May all your > photographs be beautiful." > It felt like a spiritual blessing of some sort ? the hair stood up on my > arms. > > Here is the first rough cut from the brief session: > in b&w < http://imagist.com/william_millen_bw/> > in color < http://imagist.com/william_millen> > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com