Re: [Leica] High School track meet

[RBedw51767@aol.com]

Doug:

I think that you are doing the right thing to be involved in your step
daughters activities.  Of course, I am not a professional photographer and I
cannot relate completely to the problems, if any, that sharing your skills
might possibly create.  I do know that setting an example for kids is the
right thing to do regardless of the ramifications.   Some things you just
cannot set a price on.   In my work career I always described profit as the
reward for risk.  If the risk was to great I usually backed off.  In the case
of these kids the only risk that I see is that your image in the community and
with your daughter and her mother would increase dramatically.  I will take
that risk anyday.

I think that the example that you set for your step-daughter is more important
than your profession.  It will come back to you in spades.

Bob Bedwell

<< I've volunteered to photograph my stepdaughter's track team for their web
 page (www.lanset.com/ebwje) and would like any comments and/or suggestions
 before the season gets too far along.  The team had an inter-squad meet
 today and I was impressed with the coaching staff, the parent volunteers
 and the athletes.
 
 In this situation the winder's not much more than an electric thumb
 particularly since I don't have a handgrip for it.  I'm using both R4sP
 bodies, one with the 280 Telyt-V more-or-less permanently attached, the
 other with 35 or 90 Summicron-R.  The field events are next to the track
 separated by a chain-link fence so I did alot of running between the field
 and the track.  I have nearly complete freedom to move among the events and
 athletes so next time I'll think twice about bringing the 400 and 560.
 
 Aside from providing images for the web page, the main purpose(s) of doing
 this are to stay involved with my stepdaughter's activities and to broaden
 and sharpen my photographic skills.
 
 Several of the kids asked for photos of themselves in their events and I'll
 gladly give them the machine prints after the head coach scans them for the
 web page.  If the parents want larger prints, I thought I'd charge them for
 my time and effort, as well as for a donation to the team.  I've read the
 numerous posts about not selling your work cheap and I'd like to hear what
 other LUGgers think is an appropriate price for prints in this context.
 
 Doug Herr
 Sacramento
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