Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted wrote: > "Why the hell didn't you use the National > Geographic > > red canoe and couple in brightly coloured outdoor > clothing in the right > > corner?" Then he'd wink. > > > > Seems back in those days everytime you saw this > type of photo in Nat. Geo. > > there was a red canoe and couple on the lake no > matter where the shot was > > taken. Red was always the dominant clothing colour > or on the boat. > > > > We shooters started to carry a lot of "large size > fit all folks" clothing > > when on a shoot to add the, __ people outdoor > having fun look.__ But after > a > > month shoot the same clothes and colours became a > tad obvious when they > kept > > turning up in photos from one side of Canada to > the other.:-) > > > > Good one Simon, but next time don't forget the red > canoe and couple. ;-) > > ted Don't laugh -- back in 1993 I WAS the guy paddling the red canoe & wearing the yellow raincoat in the far corner of a Nat Geo photo showing a Canadian lake! Yup, there were plenty of wardrobe changes involved in that story, until word came back from D.C. to lose the damn raincoat. My tasks included charming a Catholic nun out of her bright white habit and into something a little more colourful, and also tossing bags of patates frites into the air to give an ornithologist that "attacked by a flock of Hitchcockian seagulls" look. Emanuel Lowi Montreal ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca