Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing this occasion with us. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; <leica at freelists.org>; "Picture a Day discussion group" <pad at mcclary.net>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:18 AM Subject: [Leica] IMG: good deeds > On Wednesday evening I posted a picture from a bar which a lot of people > liked. Here is the rest of the story of that afternoon. > > Some time ago I was approached by the husband of one of the employees on > my team (he also works at the office but in a different department). He > told me that he was part of a diving group which was working with a > foundation called APADIS. APADIS seeks to help mentally handicapped > people integrate into society in various ways, sports and outdoors > activities being one of them. So my colleague's diving club was going to > spend an afternoon giving 5 people with Down's Syndrome an experience > with diving in a large pool belonging to APADIS. > > They wanted their work documented so that the pictures could be used for > fund-raising and publicity. Clare, our "official" in-house photographer, > and I went along. In Clare's words, for her it was very gratifying to > photograph something other than men in suits (she usually photographs > office events like visiting delegations etc.). She did her kind of > photography, and I did mine. She used a Canon DSLR with a big lens and > took care of the group shots and much else. I stuck to my M8 and used > just two lenses, the 35mm for most of the pictures, and the 24mm for the > latter part of the afternoon, using my legs to zoom. Hopefully between us > we have covered the event in the way the divers wanted. > > I have posted a small selection of my images here: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/7670615_chFAf#495235479_DcX5E > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >