Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen! Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Ted, you certainly have a busy schedule for a man who blithly gave us the > choice of TWO assignments for this week, and who HASN'T limited the number > of photos that anybody can submit on the topics. Best of luck with the > weddings. > > Personally, I have NO objection to you picking just one winner and > commenting as to why you think it is the winner in your eyes. I don't > think it is necessary to comment on every picture submitted. The LUG > should be DAMNED happy to have a great photographer with your considerable > skills and vast experience judging the entries submitted, and equally be > very happy with your choice of winner. It's a personal choice for you and > LUG should just accept it. If people are unhappy, they can choose not to > enter. > > I consider that entries should be limited to one photo per LUG member, no > comments submitted until the result is announced, and no criticism of the > judge's choice be entertained. This might make it simpler to manage!!! > > If you are loath to make rules, I might suggest to the rest of the LUG > that they only submit one photo per topic, rather than blizzard a raft of > similar efforts at the hapless judge. At our age, all of us are surely > capable of choosing our own best picture on each topic. Bear in mind, the > sheer volume of both emails and pictures on the LUG sometimes makes it > very difficult to look at everybody's photos, and cranking up the volume > even further should be discouraged. > > These are my personal opinions and I'm equally sure that all of you have > your own!! > > Other opinions, anybody???? > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Wedding Photos > > >> Tina Manley OFFERED: >> Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Wedding Photos >> >>> My son and his bride got married in Gibraltar in March, after hiking the >>> Camino de Santiago. They got remarried yesterday in Charleston for all >>> of >>> their friends and family who couldn't make it to Gibraltar. >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/151792382 >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/151792383 >>> >>> It was a beautiful wedding! I only took about 1000 photos ;-) >> >> Hi Tina, >> Well I'll be the wedding photographer next Saturday as two of my >> grandson's Kyle -Victoria and Kyle-Ottawa get married on the same day! :-( >> >> However, it was originally planned to be on separate Saturdays. One today >> and one next Saturday. I mean when you have two grandson's the same name >> it's bad enough when you are talking about them or about them you have to >> designate which one all the time. Let alone their about to be wive's mix >> the wedding day dates, both happening on the same day!! :-( >> >> The families bad enough with 2-Ted's, 2- Scotts, 2- Kate's thoughout the >> collection. But when they screw-up the wedding dates makng it >> immpossible to get to both you take the nearest, save a big pile of money >> in airfares and let the Kyle in Ottawa with bride fly here for a bit of a >> Honeymoon with the "old lad. Then with his cousin Kyle and is bride they >> will both share the honeymoons together ! Me? I'll be editing my >> thousand frames???? :-) >> >> The scary thing is, they were two little boys not so long ago who sat on >> my knee and watched grandpa show slides from the last assignment from >> wherever in the world! :-) BOY DOES TIME EVER FLY! >> >> Any tips for the old lad as I haven't shot a wedding in nearly 50 years >> and I always hated every minute even though I was extremely well paid for >> doing them. :-( >> >> May have some happy snaps to show after next Saturday. >> mmmmmaaayybbbbeeee???????????? ;-) >> >> cheers, >> ted >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> No poblem G'Pa could've flown to Ottawa and been back here for the week >> laer. Well it started out like that >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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