[Leica] LUG (re)introduction

[Matt Kollasch]

thanks!  good to be back in the LUG fold.  /matt

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 5:18 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:

> 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>> 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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> >>>>> |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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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to
> >>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupéry 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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