Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Soooo....what's new (yawn)... Just kidding. Having met Lluis many times, and having prowled the beautiful city of Barcelona with him and alone, I can only agree with every word in Carl's message below. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jan 8, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Carl Socolow wrote: > 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 >