Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice light on a good portrait Saludos cordiales Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de Kyle Cassidy Enviado el: mi?rcoles, 21 de marzo de 2007 17:06 Para: lug@leica-users.org Asunto: [Leica] [img] wwii http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/wild-bill5.jpg A photograph needs to stand on its own. If you have to say "this is the oldest living confederate widow" for it to work, then you need to reshoot it. Hopefully this photo works on it's own. If it doesn't, hit me with your worst. But, for your enjoyment, some backstory. "I killed a lotta Germans. Christ, I killed a lotta Germans on D-Day." Last night it was my great pleasure to photograph "Wild" Bill Guarnere of the 101st Airborne. Bill parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, fought across France, then parachuted again into Holland for operation Market Garden, lost a leg in the Battle of the Bulge, won a Silver Star for bravery and two Purple Hearts, and to this day takes no guff from local hoodlums. "You picked the right guy you @#$@# @!#$@$#er," he said to someone who threatened him on the street several years ago, "I've killed before and I ain't done yet." Then Bill chased the guy down the street on his crutches. Despite that, he's excruciatingly open and accommodating to polite people. He's been back to Germany fifteen times and when meeting old German soldiers he says "It's a good thing you're meeting me now, now you get a hug, back then, you woulda got a bullet, right between the eyes, if I'd seen you." Photographed with one monolight strobe in a softbox about three feet from the subject's left. Leica d200 with an 18-70. -- Reminder: all disks eventually fail. All computers eventually fail. Make backups or lose your work. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information