Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted mon ami, My congratulations, the pictures of your son are absolutely outstanding, he had an exceptionnal Master! cheers Lluis El 26/09/2011, a las 16:09, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?: > Nathan Wajsman SHOWED: > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 37: Seville and Granada > > >> The blog for last week is really a gallery showing a wonderful 2- >> day trip I took with my son, to Seville and Granada, on Tuesday and >> Wednesday. There are two parts, thus: the first part is Seville, >> my favourite city in Spain, and the second is a visit to Alhambra, >> Spain's number one tourist attraction--and with good reason. It is >> all here, 38 images: >> >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=613<<<<< > > Hi Nathan > > I never thought of our connections as friends in this fashion until > you posted about traveling with your son and photography. :-) > > My number two son Scott came out of the womb into a world of > photography, was swishing prints in the darkroom trays when he was > 6 years old. He knew how to film load and use a Leica by the age of > 7 and make some interesting exposures. Well OK they looked > interesting! After all what are you going to say about your son's > abilities, but good stuff! ;-) > > Eventually he began going with me to shoot professional football > games at 13... His first roll of film, b&w. I told him not to waste > it as that was all he was going to get. He didn't blow anymore > frames than his old man! ;-) We sold 8 photos from that roll to the > CFL for their next program. > > And he continued to shoot sports with me as an assigned photographer > to his first international event in Edinburgh, Scotland to cover > the Commonwealth Games. And he's covered winter & summer Olympics, > Pan Am Games, Canada Winter & Summer Games and professional sports > of all kinds ever since. Today? He has his own company: > > http://www.imagecommunications.ca/about/ > > One of the neat side effects of this has been a father-son bond > quite different than many other father-son relationships. Because we > have traveled as two sports' photographers always trying to out > shoot each other for fun or in a challenging fashion. We've enjoyed > travelling the world and excitement of new lands and sports events. > Professional sports of all kinds. Football, dirt track stock car > racing, NASCAR, NHL hockey and the list goes on. As do the many > subjects he has covered on his own while on assignments for various > clients and Prime Ministers. > > Then we have the moments that are just pure enjoyments of being > father and son, no life like it! :-) > > I believe ours is rather unique due to our profession, however I > realize there are many father-son relationships of similar nature. > But for me? Ours' is extra special! :-) :-) > > cheers, > ted > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information