Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]See the young boy, age 10 in Denver, Colorado. His Dad brings home a new Polaroid camera. The boy fools around with it and learns how to takes photos with the Polaroid. A tradition develops that whenever his parents have a party, they buy several pack of polaroid film for the boy to use to wander around and take photos of the guests. (Boy now thinks he is the photographer of the family). Age 11 - Same boy buys an instamatic and is now the regular family photographer. Age 12 - Boy buys a darkroom set (about $10) with a contact printer (no enlarger). Age 13 - Boy buys enlarger and is now famous (he thinks) family black and white photographer. Age 19 - Boy becomes head photographer for the Regis College newspaper and yearbook. Lives in darkroom at the school, coming out only to study, date and eat. Age 20 - Boy changes from Pentax to Canon SLR's. Age 46 - (Big Gap) Boy gets back into photography heavily - new Canon and Contax systems. Age 47 - Boy finds LUG. (End of the rainbow) Boy becomes Leica M photographer (and heaven forbid - collector of sorts). Tom Shea (Boy)