[Leica] Reasons for making a commitment to my 2005 PAW

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Frank, you are not a Sagittarius are you? Your story sounds "awfully" 
familiar!!
On 01/01/2005, at 7:50 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> I have decided to take the plunge.  2005 is the Year of the PAW.  Why 
> am I
> subjecting myself to a year of showing off my photography skills to the
> assembled masses?
>
> I have shot as an amateur since I was 13.  I have shot a lot of 35, 
> and some
> quantity of 6x6 and 4x5.  Most has been in B+W.  But the truth is that 
> I am
> a terrible procrastinator in the darkroom.  I have printed very few of 
> my
> negatives, and it is time I did something about it.  So this year, The 
> Year
> of the PAW, I am going to get out those old negatives and a) get some
> darkroom proficiency and b) show off some of my work to others.  Do I 
> need
> to take more pictures?  Yes, but that is not my focus.  My focus is to 
> use
> what I already have to produce a portfolio, and to decorate my walls.

> Frank Filippone

Cheers and happy new year

> Alastair