Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK Ric, thanks for the advice and for looking at the gallery!Jean-Michel > From: ricc at embarqmail.com > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:50:11 -0400 > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Introducing myself > > welcome aboard! > > look forward to seeing through your eyes > > viewing would be easier and quicker if you would shrink fie sizes--100-200 > kb is good enough for most quick looks > > slow loads reduce viewership > > nice photos > > ric > > > On Oct 15, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz 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 Germa > n > > 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) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information