Re: [Leica] Meet and greets.... :-)

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>]

Thanks Ted...for your visit and a  wonderfully friendly evening spent with Irene and
you......a great pleasure of Dominique and myself....Steve

> Meet & greets. :-)
> The LUG once again proves it's more than just a screen of type and pictures.
> It's a place to bring people close enough to feel the warmth of a smile, a
> solid hand shake and hug! :-) I've enjoyed many of these during the past
> half dozen years and each one is a renwal in my belief, human face to face
> beats the heck out of the screen any day. :-)
>
> My good fortune of the past couple of weeks was the pleasure of two "Meet &
> Greets" both wonderful get to-gethers. With warm and friendly hand shakes
> and hugs from the women folk. :-)
>
> The first during a "shoot & run" in Phoenix, Arizona, where Lugger,
> "kiddidoc" Steve Barbour arranged access to the new Phoenix Children's
> Hospital allowing me to photograph a woman pediatrician for "Women in
> Medicine, " a new book in progress.  Not only was the day well spent
> photographing a caring and dedicated doctor, it allowed for my wife Irene
> and I to meet Steve and his charming wife Dominique.
>
> We develop acquaintences on the screen and discover there are folks we'd
> like to meet realtime chatting human to human.  Our short time with Steve
> and Dominique was one of those wonderful evenings at their home sharing a
> meal and enjoying warm conversation. A first class meet & greet, the kind
> that creates friendship. Thanks Dominique and Steve.
>
> Over this past weekend here in Victoria, a meet and greet where old and new
> friendships were renewed and made. Saturday afternoon enjoying outdoor
> weather and single malt scotch or liquid of choice on the back deck, while
> many topics of LUG and life, and obviously the M7 were discussed.. :-)
>
> This socializing was followed by a wonderful dinner of Japanese where the
> table was not only loaded with great amounts of food, it was also a wash
> with Leicas and other wanna be's! ;-) Possibly somewhere along the way a
> picture may appear on the screen.  It was sort of a Leica stacking with
> chopsticks and tempura. ;-)
>
> Dr. Joseph and Sarah Yao (Hong Kong), David & Roxallanne Medley (Whidbey
> Island, USA), T&T  (Tom &
> Tuulikki Abrahamsson), Henning & Tanya Wulff (both of Vancouver B.C.) as
> well as locals, David Young, my wife Irene and myself. A meet and greet of
> fun magnitude that extended to Sunday morning when brunch was had and good
> byes said.
>
> As I've said in the past, sometimes we go head to head with folks on the
> screen, however in real life bonds are made more often after the hand shake
> than all the hours on the screen. The screen just brings us together, the
> hand shake seals the bond that becomes a lifetime friendship! Thank goodness
> for face to face Meet and greets. :-)
>
> ted
> Ted Grant Photography Limited
> www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>
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