[Leica] IMG: The Beginning

[Jim Nichols]

Al, I looked at some of my early work.  Here is one that would not have 
been possible with the Brownie.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Donna02sm+53.jpg.html

Thanks for asking.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/8/2015 1:49 PM, al crouch wrote:
> A very attractive shot, Jim.
> Looking back, did the Leica give you a quantum leap in the quality of your photographs?  Or just more settings to work with? 8=)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> Sent: Jun 7, 2015 2:24 PM
>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>, Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG:  The Beginning
>>
>> When my wife and I settled into an apartment in Dayton, OH in 1951, I
>> was a raw USAF 2nd Lieutenant, with no car, and very little in the way
>> of possessions.  We had received a Kodak Brownie Flash 620 camera as a
>> wedding gift.  Our idle time was often spent walking in the Salem Avenue
>> neighborhood, and the Dayton Art Institute was within our path.  This is
>> one of my first photographs, scanned from an album print that was more
>> than 50 years old.  This is how it all began for me, and within a year I
>> had a used Leica IIIa and a growing love of photography.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951+Revisited.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments welcomed.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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