Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, at the end of your wedding site I found the words "Travel light and stay out of the real photographer's way". Couldn't agree more. At my cousin's wedding I very nearly ended up traveling lighter than I started. Us guests were transported to the chapel through Melbourne's picturesque mountains on a restored narrow gauge steam railway, called Puffing Billy. My 18 month old son was very much taken by this train, as was I as a child (and still). As I was holding him sitting on the broad, glass-less windowledge, legs hanging over the side, the lens cap on my 50 'cron fell off and bounced along the ledge. My left hand shot away from my son's side and slapped down on the lens cap before it toppled off into the forest we were slowly rattling through. I would have gone back and found it - I'm like that. If I'd dropped my son, I would have found my head next to the lens cap, courtesy of my wife, or one of my sisters, or some other relative - they're like that. I liked your photo of what I imagine to be the groom and his mother, a slow synch flash shot. Very nice. Didn't see any barfing brides though. I'm sure you don't really get invited to weddings like that! Regards Rick Dykstra