Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you very much Carl for this kind message, I'm very happy to have meet you and your wife enjoying together the Barcelona streets, I'm looking forward to see your excellent pictures and have new opportunities to meet you as well other friends of the list. Fortunately the weather was very good, not too cold, just one day or two raining... Muchas gracias a vosotros! Saludos Lluis El 08/01/2011, a las 16:49, Carl Socolow escribi?: > For those of you who have not met Lluis you have been deprived of > the company of one of the finest, kindest and most generous people I > have ever met. Lluis shared his time and beautiful city with my wife > Holly and me. Barcelona is a photographer's dream. It is full of > life, light, darkness, mood, mystery and people; all beautifully > condensed so that you cannot possibly go more than 2 meters without > being presented with another chance to make a picture. > > Lluis' work is always spectacular. He has a great eye and good > reflexes. He has passion for what he does. And he is way too modest. > That is good because the strength of his pictures speak for > themselves. > > I'm flattered to be depicted in the LUG. It is always odd seeing > oneself in a photograph; especially when working. Or lighting up a > cigar. In defense of the criticism of these photos I would add that > they are more anecdotes about my visit than they are Lluis' usual > strong photos about life in his city. I was glad to see, though, > that I resorted to my usual 1/15th or 1/8th second or slower shutter > speed technique of leaning against a wall for steadiness. I do it > almost instinctively. > > Lluis, tambien, te lo agredezco mucho por tu amistad y ayuda. > > Saludos, > > Carl > > Lluis escrito: > >> Message: 4 >> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 01:43:45 +0100 >> From: Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> >> Subject: [Leica] Carl Socolow in Barcelona >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: <9782D11D-4626-4896-9AEF-D53F1C74C523 at gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes >> >> Carl Socolow and his wife has passed some days in Barcelona, it was >> really great be together shooting, he is a great photographer and a >> very nice person, I have great rememberings , here I post 2 pics: >> >> Lighting a cigar on a narrow street on Barrio Gotico >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1017646BWS1w.jpg.html >> >> Here he is in action >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1017642bwsw.jpg.html >> >> Both: M8, Elmarit 28mm ASPH, ISO 320 >> >> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >> >> Saludos cordiales >> Lluis >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ >> http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll >> Blog: >> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information