[Leica] LUG (re)introduction

[RicCarter]

ditto

welcome back

ric


> On Jan 19, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Good stuff!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Matt Kollasch <matt at kollarfoto.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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 à 07:42, Matt Kollasch a écrit :
>>> 
>>> ​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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>>>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
>>>>> // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits
>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>>         *Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.*  Henri
>>>> Cartier-Bresson
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>>> 
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>>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupéry in Le Petit Prince.
>>> NO ARCHIVE
>>> 
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>> <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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