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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Something to feel good about. :-)
From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 17:29:31 -0800
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Beautiful pictures, Ted.  He has a wonderful talent.  You certainly can
be very, very proud of him.

Ted in Olalla

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Something to feel good about. :-)


> Eric wrote:
> >>> >Scott to the rescue! :-)
> >That's your boy!
> >
> > So how does seeing your son's work like this compare to your being
proud
> of your own work, such as the famous picture of the prime minister
sliding
> down the banister?<<<<<
>
> Eric,
> I have to say quite honestly that he's a super photographer and he's
humbled
> me by shooting my butt off on more than one occasion! :-) It's a very
good
> feeling to see one's off spring succeed so well with the same
dedication to
> the craft.
>
> When he was just a little guy he'd stand on a stool in the dark room
and
> buffalo prints from the stop tray through to the washer, so he's grown
up
> with hypo in his veins! ;-)
>
> The unfortunate thing is, he's not into leica, although he learned his
> shooting skills using them, he eventually went Canon. However, I don't
> believe his lack of Leica has hurt his ability one iota. ;-)  The very
first
> pro-football game I took him to he used a Leica SLmot and a 250 mm
lens and
> I only let him shoot one roll of B&W film. Results?
>
> 8 out of 36 frames were used immediately and were sold later for
secondary
> use.
>
> The first overseas international sport event he attended as one of our
crew
> was in Edinburgh, Scotland 1986, he blew most of our crew away. This
led to
> him being one of the regular shooters in '87 Indianapolis Pan American
> Games, '88 Winter, Calgary, Canada and Summer, Seoul, Korea, Olympics.
>
> Since then he's covered nearly every international event plus all
kinds of
> national and other sports. He's the official photographer for Skate
Canada
> which is our National Skating organization.
>
> If you're interested in seeing some of his work please have a look at
his
> company web site, "Image Communications" for examples.
>
> Image Communications.       http://www.cyberus.ca/~fsgrant/
>
> ted
> Ted Grant Photography Limited
> www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>
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Message from "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com> ([Leica] Re: Something to feel good about. :-))
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] Re: Something to feel good about. :-))