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Subject: [Leica] if i met myself, i'd ask for my autograph
From: vintagebill at verizon.net (bill harting)
Date: Fri Feb 24 08:57:55 2006
References: <007f01c63953$96724da0$6401a8c0@milla> <43FF31D5.6010402@wanadoo.nl>

Heck, we're all shooters, ain't we?

(anon)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michiel Fokkema" <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] if i met myself, i'd ask for my autograph


> kyle cassidy wrote:
>> really. the portrait project continues. shockingly, in the last three 
>> days i've gotten about a hundred emails from people who want to 
>> participate. this is going to turn into a road trip. well, multiple road 
>> trips. i think my first will be to georgia via d.c. -- but that's a 
>> couple months away. in the meantime -- philly area.
>>
>> anthony, an ex marine sniper, the lovely portia, and their two dogs, yumi 
>> and leeloo.
>>
>> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/portia-anthony/portia-ant-4.jpg
>>
>> i brought less lighting than i needed. i'm not going to make that mistake 
>> again. i'd been doing nicely with one light, but the setup of the shot i 
>> wanted here called for another one behind the bookshelf which i just 
>> didn't have. ouch. well. live and learn.
>>
>> kc
>
> I'm shocked.
> When seeing the first picture with the kid I thought you were joking. Now 
> seeing this one it seems to be serious and this are real people caressing 
> their weapons as we do our Leica's. I just hope they don't shoot their 
> weapons as often as I do my Leica.
> But maybe this will be meant as an society critical range of pictures and 
> I'm just missing the point.
> Nice pictures though, but what's on it scares me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michiel Fokkema
>
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Replies: Reply from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] if i met myself, i'd ask for my autograph)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (kyle cassidy) ([Leica] if i met myself, i'd ask for my autograph)
Message from michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema) ([Leica] if i met myself, i'd ask for my autograph)