Re: [Leica] Having FUN

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Say AMEN!, Somebody!
Ted- You da man! As I totter through 'middle' age, I always ask- "Are we
having fun yet?" Any answer other than the affirmative, and I go do
something else!
I do admit the turmoil here sometimes gets a wee bit discouraging, however,
I am always cheered by the bulk of the posts. Off topic stuff? We are not
all one dimensional cutouts with stick-on Leicas. Sure, we have a common
love or admiration of photography in general, and Leicas in particular, but
if we did all march in lockstep- I'd bail! It would cease to be interesting!
I haven't ridden a bike in 20 years, but I still enjoyed the banter about
two-wheelers! I don't particularly want an SUV, but the banter about the
relative merits of the various modes of transportation that went on for a
while added dimension to the unseen faces of the LUGgers involved. I feel I
know many of you better, not because of your Leica related posts, but in
spite of them!
DAN :o}~
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Having FUN


> >It is what being a LUGGER is about....taking pictures for enjoyment
> >with a wonderful instrument that challenges the creative side of all
> >of us.  I'll never be a professional as many of you are, but such
> >aside, photography can be FUN...>>>>>>>
>
> Hi Elliot,
>
> Right on the mark! "Having fun" and if it isn't that, get the hell out of
> it and go get a bread route! It isn't a big unknown. the way you learn is
> go take pictures of whatever turns you on. And if you screw-up no big
deal,
> go do it again and put the first experience to correcting the first one.
> Now isn't that simple?
>
> After all these years, near 50 now, I still have "FUN" in capital letters,
> whether it's a paying professional assignment or me just screwing around
> taking happy snaps.
>
> Hell I've had more fun in my 70 years of life while doing photography than
> anything else I can imagine. And if anyone says anything about sex, well
OK
> the photography helped in that category too! ;)   And yep it was fun
> also!:):)
> Don't touch it guys, I could be in deep do do! :)
>
> Hey, you know we gotta get a life with all this AA stuff and the
> squabbling. Let's get some Leica fun stories in here and how to make neat
> pictures with your Leica and whatever lens you use.
>
> The damn place is near falling apart and we're pissing around letting it
> happen.
> ted
>
> Ted Grant
> This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
> http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>