Re: [Leica] Rules of the Group

["Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com>]

Ted, I live in a small town too.  I am one third of the Natchitoches Leica
Users Group.

My goal, too is to document the life of the small town I live in.  I cannot
do street shooting, because except in peak tourist times, there is no life
on the streets.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Leica User's Group.  We have members
from Metropolis, Gotham City, and Smallville.  And guess what?  The stuff
from the small towns charms the big city guys, just as the photographs from
Paris wows us rednecks and other hicks.

Be proud of your photography, and post it freely.  We are eager to see your
world.

Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com




- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:42 PM
Subject: [Leica] Rules of the Group


>
> The post below prompts me to write to the group about the rules of the
> group. Are they posted somewhere?  I must have missed them.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 6:31 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Eric's PAW
>
>
> (SNIP)
> >I've gotten private feedback that
> > says the LUG isn't the place for my family pictures.  Rocks and trees
> and
> > strangers are welcomed, but not family.  Unless the family pictures
> are
> > interspersed with rocks and trees and strangers.  I'm being rude to
> use the
> > PAW as I have been.  This comes from somebody whose opinion I respect
> a lot.
> >(END OF SNIP)
>
> Everyone has been kind and very helpful - answering my questions and
> helping me avoid problems buying my camera -- and I thank you all for
> that. So I certainly don't want to offend anyone with the pictures I
> post.
>
> I am new here and not ready to try PAW -- I need a little time to learn
> to use my new equipment.  I will be using an M3 and a 50mm 'cron.
> That's it.  I don't have access to a lab so will have to rely on the
> local photo shop for processing (I have also seen a few negative
> comments about doing that).  I have an inexpensive scanner and can do a
> little cropping on my computer, but that is about it.
>
> I live in a rural area on a peninsula in Puget Sound, Washington.  My
> goal is to shoot life around me that will convey a mood, a story, or
> just life as I see it here.  We get a lot of rain in the winter (up to
> 14 inches in a month), so I may have to postpone shooting from time to
> time or take some shots out an open window while sitting in the car. ;-)
>
> If what I am doing falls within the rules of the group, I'm ready to go.
> If not, please help me out by telling me where I am going wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted in Olalla
>
>
>
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