[Leica] Moment of Zen, or Moment of Despair

[Gerry Walden]

Most of us have been there. Mine was my brothers 21st birthday party pics. My thoughts are with you.

Gerry


> On 4 Feb 2016, at 04:11, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> A Buddhist can certainly experience disappointment without loosing sight of the journey as a whole.
> You had many hours learning new things about the craft of photography along with physically seeing the beauty of the sea and sunrise.
> Revel in that; good negatives would just be icing on the cake.
> 
> Short form, it's the journey, not the destination. ;-)
> 
> Jay
> 
> On 2/3/2016 7:35 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>> I guess this is a test to see whether I am a zen buddhist or not. I spent 4
>> times at the Santa Monica pier, including literally in the dark and dragged
>> myself at Oh-Dark hours to catch the sunrise. 6 rolls of medium format B&W
>> film, many with long exposures.
>> 
>> And then I did a thing that I have never done since developing B&W film
>> since 1978 - I poured in the fixer in by accident: this is due to that I
>> have been developing mainly color film and the order of the chemical
>> bottles is different.
>> 
>> So SIX ROLLS OF PERFECTLY CLEAR FILM. I should cry, or go full Kylo Ren now.
>> 
>> 
> 
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