Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi there ? When Benny Goodman left the stage at the Amarillo City Auditorium in 1963, I had th audacity to follow him into his downstairs dressing room to ask if I could photograph him while he practiced. Goodman was as much a gentleman as he was a performer. Without hesitation, he asked me where I wanted him to place himself in the tiny dressing room and what I wanted him to do. He graciously obeyed. These Goodman frames serve to remind me of a beginning photographer?s vital lesson: As my colleague ? and retired airline pilot ? Tyler Vance always says, ?you can?t land unless you make an approach.? I don?t think these ever were published, but they remain in my memory like a haunting refrain of a clarinet, heard from a long way off and a long time ago. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Benny+Goodman2_+1963+-+00202.jpg.html> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Benny+Goodman2_+1963+-+00202.jpg.html ?Bill