Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ted! And I had a great time doing it! That's what's fun. When you can get the story and have a great time, too ;-) Tina On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Tina, > LOVE IT! :-) That's what documentary photo reportage is all about! Tell > stories and show life during the time, start to finish covering all kinds > of > events of similar nature here coast to coast during the year was my "tough > grind?" ;-) for many years. Usually I shot B&W with a couple or more > Leica's hanging off shoulders and neck. > If the event was on for a day or a week I roamed about shooting a series of > storytelling type images that would be selected for the next magazine > published and eventually to the National Archives of Canada. > The Chief Editor would tell me? > "Hey Ted there's a "corn on the cob cooking festival" in SW Ontario so go > do > your thing!" And away I went documenting it from start to finish! And those > type of assignments in locations all over Canada and overseas if it was of > interest to folks here at home? > But this was real photo story photojournalism rather than the "one street > photo a week if you're lucky?" > Beautiful look at life real-time. Thanks Tina. > cheers, > ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of > Tina Manley > Sent: December-20-15 8:30 AM > To: lug; Olympus Camera Discussion; MUGers at yahoogroups.com; paw; > seephoto > Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Blacksburg Oyster Roast > > PESO: > > Here are the rest of the photos from yesterday. This was actually before > the Burnt Mill Bar. The Oyster Roast started at 10 in the morning. It's > free and everybody is invited. It is a fund-raiser, held every year for > charity, and there are buckets on each table for donations. It's a small, > private airport and, usually, they have drunk Santas parachuting into the > crowd but it was too windy this year for even drunk pilots to fly! There > was plenty of moonshine being shared and sold. Tom would not eat any of > the oysters because they were steaming them in galvanized garbage cans. > Evidently, they do that every year and nobody has died yet! > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/162140335 > > And hit NEXT 12 more times. These are all with the SL and 24-90 and all > AF. I couldn't see what I was doing! > > Tina > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// > < > http://t.sidekickopen32.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgf > > mKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistweb > sites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=c11fa975-f9a7-44f6-e354-3bbf3c96defd> > www.tinamanley.com > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen32.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=d714d1db-dbb2-4aba-9b09-cd98b8107ae1> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/