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Subject: [Leica] LUG (re)introduction
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:12:19 -0000
References: <CAPvTyV7vcWRbng=y219_CdC-B3VAg7OX0uaY5XOqh6Yd2AX6Lg@mail.gmail.com>

Very strong images with great impact throughout your site, Matt.

Douglas
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Douglas Barry
Monkstown, Co. Dublin,
Republic of Ireland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Kollasch" <matt at kollarfoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG (re)introduction


>I am sorry about that link. It is now fixed.
> Here are the photos: bit.ly/lugshots
> Comments and criticism welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> /matt
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:04 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> wrote:
>
>> Same here - welcome all the same :-)
>> Happy to meet a new friend who is a friend of friend's, read Uncle Ted 
>> ;-)
>>
>> Welcome !
>>
>> Amities
>> Philippe from over the pond
>>
>>
>> Le 19 janv. 15 ? 07:42, Matt Kollasch a ?crit :
>>
>>  ?Thanks Richard. I had no idea regarding the log in... Let me look into
>>> it.
>>> Sorry for that.>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Richard Man <
>>> richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Needs some kind of login to see your photos?
>>>>
>>>> Welcome (back) regardless.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Matt Kollasch <matt at kollarfoto.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Dear LUG,
>>>>>
>>>>> My name is Matt Kollasch and I participated on this list early in this
>>>>> century. I don't know exactly when I drifted from LUG, but last week 
>>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>> so
>>>>
>>>>> I signed up again and have been enjoying the photos and discussion so 
>>>>> I
>>>>> decided to return and participate.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know Sandy and Ted and I recognize many of your names. Ted was  kind
>>>>> to
>>>>> me in the early 2000s when he critiqued my photos. I would post photos
>>>>> to
>>>>> Ted and then call him and he'd tell me what he thought. I learned so
>>>>> much
>>>>> from those sessions. It was a great experience and has stayed with me
>>>>>
>>>> ever
>>>>
>>>>> since. Thanks again, Ted! Sandy and I worked on a project together
>>>>> photographing the Roma in the east of Slovakia. We called it the Roma
>>>>>
>>>> Foto
>>>>
>>>>> Project; it enjoyed a few exhibits.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since last on the list I  moved from Cedar Falls, Iowa to live in 
>>>>> Warsaw
>>>>> (love that city) for seven years. We are now in Baku for 1 1/2 years
>>>>> (not
>>>>> as much love). My wife, Beatrice, is Swiss and works at the Swiss
>>>>> Embassy
>>>>> here. We met and were married in Warsaw.
>>>>>
>>>>> I shoot a M240 with a Summicron 50/2 almost exclusively. I have a 
>>>>> sweet
>>>>> little circa 1993 35/2 Summicron but for the life of me I can not get 
>>>>> it
>>>>>
>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>> focus sharply on the M. Even after having it repaired at Leica in
>>>>>
>>>> Germany.
>>>>
>>>>> I miss the 35 focal length, but am learning to enjoy life with the 50.
>>>>>
>>>> When
>>>>
>>>>> I next get to a Leica store I will try one of their 35s to see if it 
>>>>> is
>>>>> indeed my lens.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are three of my recent photos: http://bit.ly/LUGkollasch
>>>>> The construction site is across from our apartment. We are on the 10th
>>>>> floor; this shot is from our balcony at 4 this morning. Comments and
>>>>> criticism welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for an interesting and lively LUG.
>>>>>
>>>>> All best,
>>>>> /matt kollasch
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
>>>> // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>           *Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.*  Henri
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>>>
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>>>
>>
>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to
>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.
>> NO ARCHIVE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
>
> -- 
>              web site <http://www.kollarfoto.com>|facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/kollarfoto> |twitter: @narbutta
> <https://twitter.com/narbutta>|blog 
> <http://kollarfoto.wordpress.com/>|baku
> chairs <http://www.kollarfoto.com/baku-chairs/>|azerbaijan paw
> <http://kollarfoto.wordpress.com/paw-azerbaijan/>
>
>           *Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.*  Henri
> Cartier-Bresson
>
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