Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Welcome, Gary ! I never took pix of celebs :-( just of women who were close to my heart. Still, there are not so many things in life which compare to your joyful enthusiasm, when you take the still wet roll out of te tank, and see the Summicron's very special gray scale ... on face, neck, hand, or foot of a person in a pic that you really cared for. And, I agree completely: The number of pix is always too small. Alf PS: Wanted to send the mail privat, but "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com> didn't accept my email :-( - -------------- At 15:22 02.10.1997 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Alf and Eric - those are a couple of great years, Alf - identical to my >birth and 1st Leica years, too! As for famous women, Eric, I did get a >picture in '67 of a young Britt Eklund with my M2 (As well as a lot of >other beautiful, but less known Swedes). What a fine time it was to be in >Europe then - me and my two black M2's with the whole world at my doorstep. >As I go back though contact sheets and slides from that era, my only regret >is that I did not take more photos. The last traces of "old Europe" were >still common sights in everyday life, and I'm thankful for how much I did >record of that special time with those special cameras. > >Gary Todoroff >> From: Alfred Breull02, 1997 1:07 AM >> >> >Oh, for those early years when I bought my first Leica and that same day >> >shot portraits of Amy Grant! What a beauty! (And the singer wasn't bad >> >either! <g>) >> >> Wished I were there also. I'm born in '46, and got my 1st Leica in '67 >(M2, >> rigid Summicron, nice creature - although without legs). Saved money for >> more than 2 years, and she brought me more than close to financial >> disaster. So, another coincidence ... <g>. >> >> Alf >