Re: [Leica] Absolutely INVALUABLE Advice

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Paul Schiemer wrote:
> 
> This morsel is worth everyone scribing into the bottom plate of their M's
> (or any camera they use).
> 
> "Take pic of SO".
> 
> Never thought about what it means to the SO that I carry the camera
> everywhere, take pictures of anything, yet don't take pictures of her.
> I think my reasoning, albeit faulted, was she is always there with me, and I
> had the real thing to look at, why make a snap?
> >From her vantage point I'd sooner take a shot of a drunken man resting on a
> folded box in an alley than one of her smiling seductively at me. No wonder
> she was disturbed & upset!
> 
> Now, with the reminder note engraved into the camera next to my soc. sec.
> no., zone system formula, and hyperfocal rule, I ALWAYS make sure to get a
> shot or two of her -no matter what. Even if she protests, it's a form of
> flattery that goes a long way.
> 
> [Leica content] She especially likes the ones I take with my Leicas.

As I look over my contacts I find this post crucial.
An added less crucial idea would be to have SO take a shot of you.
Seems like mushy stuff at the time but it is the bottom line.
Mark Rabiner
Took me awhile to figure out who SO was! I figured I had missed some on Sophia
or Sonia or Sommer.
Then I figured out it means significant other! You can teach an old dog new tricks!