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Subject: [Leica] Hoppy does Barcelona - first report
From: hoppyman at msn.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Oct 22 16:20:03 2007

We had a lot of fun, indeed. I must file a detailed report with the 
pictures. My pictures will take a little while. About five hundred frames so 
far, all film of course. Maybe even one or two of Senoritas, just to add the 
Luis touch. One or two people that you just might recognise as well.
Today was an afternoon with Luis, his lovely wife and her sister. Luis took 
me to two superbly stocked camera shops, we drank a little vino and cervesas 
and even visited his office. Some nice pictures to come, I hope. We spent 
some time looking at Luis' body of work from his darkroom days. Beautiful, 
beautiful prints of street life, some that no longer exists. Probably about 
100 Luis PAWs in one amazing pile of inspiring prints. Then of course, 
Leicas started to appear on the table. Luis has more M gear than God ;-) All 
of it is used, of course. Some should be used by me. I tried my best but I 
could not fit his lenses in my bag to bring home. We finished our evening 
with some authentic Catalonian food at a great restaurant shared with our 
new friends. Really typical of our whole marvellous visit with our EuroLUG 
friends. Both Amsterdam and Barcelona are just fabulous cities to be out and 
around walking with a camera. The very good company made it extra special. 
Only my spilt Hoegaarden beer will be remembered sadly. Tragically knocked 
over by my Aussie camera bag. Maybe I need one of those neat little Domke 
satchels like my BeneLUG friends.

Saludos
Hoppy


>From: "Luis Ripoll" <luisripoll@telefonica.net>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Hoppy does Barcelona - first report
>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:21 +0200
>
>  "...The internet is great, but sharing a conversation and a drink is even
>better!!...."
>
>Absolutely agree!
>
>I hope see soon your vision for Barcelona's señoritas and La Barceloneta,
>tomorrow I'll join Hoppy,
>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
>Nathan Wajsman
>Enviado el: domingo, 21 de octubre de 2007 22:47
>Para: Leica Users Group
>Asunto: [Leica] Hoppy does Barcelona - first report
>
>About an hour ago I got back to my apartment in Alicante after a wonderful
>weekend spent with Hoppy and his lovely wife Bron in Barcelona (Luis was
>busy with family commitments, so I did not meet him this time). Once again,
>meeting a fellow LUGger in person turned out to be one of the big pleasures
>of life. We walked around a lot, chased señoritas, retraced Luis's steps in
>La Barceloneta, ate well, spilled a pint of Hoegaarden--in short, a great
>time. Pictures being processed in Lightroom as I write this, so my shots
>will be up in a couple of days. Hoppy first needs to get back to Australia
>with his bag of exposed film, develop and scan it etc., so it will be a bit
>longer with his images. And not to forget, he still has a couple of days in
>Barcelona, to be spent in the pleasant company of Luis.
>
>The internet is great, but sharing a conversation and a drink is even
>better!!
>
>Nathan
>
>Nathan Wajsman
>nathan@nathanfoto.com
>General photography:
>http://www.nathanfoto.com
>http://www.greatpix.eu
>http://www.frozenlight.eu
>Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>
>
>
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