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Subject: [Leica] Photo Books and a New PAW
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Wed Jan 5 10:41:54 2005
References: <p0620071abe01b978ebb0@[10.0.1.2]> <004301c4f351$7b5fc130$3201a8c0@AUG01>

It?s actually 6 ft 5 inches which it 195,7 cm.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruben" <ruben@rhodos.dk>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo Books and a New PAW


> how much is 6,5" in centimetres ???
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net>
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:22 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Photo Books and a New PAW
>
>
>> Had to be away awhile due to pressures elsewhere and am just now getting
>> caught up.  Sorry to have missed the discussion on Sontag.  I don't
>> intend to reopen it other than to say that her book, whatever its
>> failings, was the first one to make me question what I was doing with my
>> photography.
>>
>> Another book that was really helpful in those days was one by Ralph
>> Hattersley who, as I remember, advised as a learning tool "one camera,
>> one lens (50 mm), one film (Tri-X), and get as close as you dare."  I
>> wish I still had his book.  It was called "Discover Your Self Through
>> Photography."  It got trashed in one of my regular library purges.
>>
>> In any case, I've decided to start a PAW.  I will post weekly but since I
>> tend to photograph in bursts, the photos will of necessity be recent but
>> not necessarily from last week.
>>
>> These will be the first "people" pictures I've posted.  Given my size
>> (6'5") it's a bit hard to be stealthy, but I do try street candids from
>> time-to-time.  Both were taken in York UK last summer with an Olympus
>> C-60 and converted to B&W in Photoshop.
>>
>> Photo 1
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/2005-PAW/P7040043_web
>>
>> Photo 2
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/2005-PAW/P7040022_web
>>
>> Comments and criticisms welcome as always.
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>> Boston MA


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