Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice blast from the past, Larry, and the buy with the tongue is a brilliant catch! Cheers, Nathan On 15 Jul, 2011, at 4:29 , Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > The editor of the local newspaper called me this afternoon and asked if I > would photograph a regional soccer tournament this weekend. This is the > first actual sports assignment I have received in some time. I had no idea > why he asked me until I remembered that he was a cub reporter on the paper > when I did this sort of thing on a pro bono basis 25 years ago. I expect to > receive the same pay now as I did then - $0. At least inflation hasn't > changed the rate. > > To refresh my memory about what a soccer ball looks like, I pulled some > pictures of my soccer playing kids out of the wayback machine. They were > taken in 1983 and 1984 with a Leica M3 and either the 50mm Summicron or a > 135mm Canon telephoto. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Summer+soccer+1.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Summer+soccer+2.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Summer+soccer+3.jpg.html > > > This is the way I looked in 1984. Obviously the camera is not a Leica but > an > OM2 with a motor drive. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Larry+Z+in+1984.jpg.html > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > 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 Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog