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Subject: [Leica] My shy 2-year-old granddaughter: 1 portrait
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:13:06 +0100
References: <4d152e38725999d8132739ad7e06d84e@reid.org>

Terrific Brian. McCurry would be jealous! ;-)


Peter

On 16/08/2021 04:58, Brian Reid wrote:
> Because of the plague, I hadn't seen my granddaughter Nora since her 1st
> birthday party, which I attended on 16 March 2020 in London, where she
> lives. Everyone else joined us via Zoom.
> 
> Nora is now nearly 2 1/2. The plague seemed to be in remission. So my
> family gathered in Maine last week. All of my children and their
> families. I re-established contact with Nora and her parents. She
> happily observed "You are not on the phone! You are real". We had used
> FaceTime a lot during the lockdown months.
> 
> There were a lot of people gathered in a rustic little cabin, and every
> day there was some crisis that demanded the attention of adults (Covid
> exposure and subsequent testing, clogged septic tank, hordes of
> carpenter ants, etc). Little Nora was a bit shy and withdrawn from all
> of the hubbub.
> 
> The 3rd day I asked her if I could take her picture, as a posed shot.
> She agreed, but said she needed to wear her hat. She put two sheer blue
> scarves over her head and then agreed to be photographed. This is what I
> got:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/family/IMG_1746.jpeg.html
> 
> I like it. Her mother (my daughter) likes it. Nora herself has expressed
> no opinion.
> 
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Dr. Peter Dzwig