Re: [Leica] Rules of the Group

["Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com>]

Thanks, Sunny.  I will do that.

Ted in Olalla

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Rules of the Group


> 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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