Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All right, all right...so I hit the wrong number already. I have to say, I'm very impressed with the numbers of men who caught that mistake. My bad! :o) Lea ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:32 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] PAM (photo a month)...for good reason > Great project, Lea...But I have one question....45 weeks? 48 Weeks? Was > this the longest human pregnancy on record? :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Steve Barbour > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:17 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] PAM (photo a month)...for good reason > > > > > lea wrote: > > > Last April my little and only sister told me she and her husband were > > expecting (their first) and I asked if I might chronicle her pregnancy > > > via photographs. She was delighted and we got down to business. > > > > Two days after telling me, Shannon and Jason came to my studio and we > > began photographing. I shot my sister every month up until 45 weeks > > how long was this pregnancy ?? :-) > then > > I began photographing her every week until she delivered...she went 2 > > weeks over (poor dear). This work was done entirely with my Leica in > > black and white (except for December which they requested to have in > > color so I used digital) in an assortment of places...the studio, the > > baby's nursery, their home, outside...wherever the mood struck us to > > go. Four of the sessions included Jason, the bulk of them did not. > > Some of the work was nude, most was not. It is an amazing journal of > > her growth and body change ending in the arrival of Rachel Diane. > > > > To see a small sample of the images from this series click here... > > http://www.whinydogpress.com/familyi.html > > The first shot was taken 2 days after they found out she was pregnant > > The second shot was taken at 48 weeks > > nope...please recalculate....it just seemed that long. > > > The third shot was taken when Rachel was 5 days old. > > > > these three make a wonderful series.... > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >