Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I still have my original 2 1/4 inch negatives of Elvis Presley in his >dressing room and on stage at the Olympia Theatre in Miami as he made >his very first tour following his initial record hit. The stage >performance pictures are with flash on the Rollei, but the dressing room >shots are all available light, a small problem at the time with a 3.5 >lens and slower b/w film than now. Prints from the set sell rather well >in Hollywood where film and record execs think it very cool to have >pictures of Elvis on their walls, showing The King as a very young and >thin man. >Fred Ward - ------------------------------ I thought this day would never come to the LUG, an Elvis thread. Anyone else have stories of taking photos of Elvis either before (or after) he died. Was looking through some back issues of Darkroom and Creative camera techniques this weekend and came across Tina Manley's portfolio of Guatemalan women March/April 1993. They were taken with a Minolta Maxxum (shudder) Duane Birkey FYI: I like some of Elvis's music and a few of the movies can be enjoyable (if you're reading a book while watching), but I wouldn't consider myself to be a fan. Just couldn't resist the thought of starting an Elvis thread on the LUG.