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Subject: [Leica] MOVIE LEICA SIGHTING - 'We Were Soldiers"
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:19:52 -0500

I know there are some of you who get really, really excited by this stuff -
so what the hell.

In the new Mel Gibson Vietnam war movie "We Were Soldiers," the actor who
plays UPI reporter and author of the book upon which the movie was based -
Joe Galloway - has a couple of Nikons and....an M3, complete with leica
something meter on top, around his neck. In the movie he seems to be a
photographer rather than a reporter, but what the heck.

It is, btw, a VERY moving movie. Flawed, but well worth the price of
admission. A terrific tribute to those who fought in that war.

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of bourgeois
and biblical
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 8:18 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] why i can't be a professional photographer


because i would strangle my customers--same reason i couldn't be a
waiter.  i did some PRO BONO photography for the preschool at my
church--something i was glad to do--and one of the mothers is driving me
nuts because the aspect ratio on her 8x10s isn't the same as on her 4x6
proofs.  i've tried to explain the relationship between 2:3 and 4:5, but
i might as well be speaking urdu.  she seems to think i can change MATH
to suit her needs.  i also can't seem to get her to realize it's a good
portrait, even if it doesn't include the kid's feet.  it includes the
kid's personality, which is what's important.

i should have told them they could have only 4x6s and 8x12s, but i was
trying to be nice and offer them lots of sizes.

i'm going to get business cards that say "i shoot and print full-frame.
if you don't like it, get someone else."

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brad daly
bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net
http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly
http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/paw.html

"America sells everything with sex and then recoils when presented with
the realities of natural process."
	--Jock Sturges

"War, what is it good for?  It's good for business."
	--Billy Bragg

"Rap is a continuation of the Sex Pistols; it's quite obvious."
	--John(nny Rotten) Lydon

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