Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jean-Michel wrote: >Hello everyone,I have registered at the LUG mailing list + gallery a >few days ago and posted a few pictures to >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/thanks to Philippe >Amard who very gracefully informed me of the challenging topics and >exciting pictures shared by LUG members. I started taking pictures >back in ... 1964 with a rangefinder camera (an Ansco I believe it >was), then I bought a Minolta X-1 and finally switched to Leica gear >(M6, IIIc, M8). I have done some lab work a few years ago, this is >probably why I don't believe, for the time being, in bringing too >many changes to the pictures I take. I have no favourite themes I >would work on for days but the way the light transforms the world I >live in is something I like to capture - modestly! The reason why >there are many pictures of the US in my album is because I have >family there - as well as in Switzerland, a wonderful country for >picture taking.I live in Strasbourg, in the east of France, close to >the German > and Swiss borders. A special thank you to Geoff Hopkinson who gave >me some very sound advice before I decided to move from film to >digital picture taking. I hope I'll be able to keep up with the >email volume I get ... almost every second! Thank you for your >comments and ideas - I'm still in the learning process. Jean-Michel >(Mertz) Jean-Michel, welcome. We're probably all still in the learning process - that's why it's so good to see work from such great shooters. As to the email volume, you can always pick and choose - it makes a change from groups which are more or less moribund. Way back in the Jurassic Age when I first joined, the LUG was a very different place. As it developed over the years, it became less and less on-topic, and eventually I gave up in pure frustration. Coming back quite recently, it's pleasant to see that the emphasis is now very much on photography and offering our work for constructive criticism. I look forward to seeing yours. Best of light. Alex -- Alex & Carmel Hurst Waterfall Near Cork Ireland Tel: +353 21 454 3328 Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A) +353 87 988 9927 (C) email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us) email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com> Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally) UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor Photo Gallery at: http://corkflor.smugmug.com