Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Barney, I do some volunteer videography for the Komen Foundation findraising and awareness effort through TCU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qbN7WJVhk8). A local musician, Tim Halperin <http://www.timhalperin.com/> (American idol top 24 last season, new cd at the end of the month) wrote and donated the song. I also do volunteer photography with the Flashes of Hope, ( http://www.flashesofhope.org/). We shoot family portraits for kids who have cancer. I know makeup artists and hairstylists that teach women, who are going through what your wife is going through, how to do their new makeup and style their wigs. There are a countless ways you could help in your own way...maybe donate flower photos or cards with your photos on it, to the hospital or to your local cancer support group....that's the first thing that comes to mind...Talk to your local hospital/treatment center. I'm sure they can give you some ideas. Thinkin' bout you and your wife. Fight back. Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Barney Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: > > If I have crossed a line, said something in appropriate, or profoundly > offended anyone I apologize. I have been a member of the LUG for a long > time. I have posted a picture each week for several years now. My weekly > picture is almost always a pretty, decorative flower or some other very > non-controversial image. Often my pictures do not rise above the level of > decorative. I understand that. I don't usually do disturbing or upsetting. > That's a deliberate policy on my part. My father was a severe alcoholic and > I was a very heavily abused child. I do not wish to spend my time or anyone > else's time reminding them how tough and painful life can be. I know the > answer to that question. So do you. Usually I prefer to celebrate the > beauty > I see around me. I also understand that doing this, like good news on the > TV > or in the paper doesn't sell all that well. > > Enter cancer. I think that I would have done better to send an explanation > with this week's picture. I did mean to give people a nudge. I didn't want > to slam people over the head. My wife has very serious, very aggressive > breast cancer. It has been a tough year for her. Last winter she had > Pancreatic cancer for which she had to have an operation called a Whipple > procedure. Her kidney's failed twice, and she is fortunate to have > survived. > Six months later she has had to have a double mastectomy and chemo therapy. > She has experienced a number of complications and she is very sick. What > you > saw in the picture was the styrofoam head she uses to store her wig. The > light in our bedroom was very unusual this morning. I saw the head in a new > light. It was very upsetting. > > The many medical professionals on this list know exactly what happens to > people with cancer. Far too many of us also know because they have had to > confront this black daemon in their own lives. I was not one of these > people. I do not think those of us who have not had to deal with cancer > face > to face really know anything about what happens and what it is like. I > certainly didn't. I had no idea how bad chemotherapy was and how sick my > wife would be. I took the picture because I wanted to point to how > chemotherapy has effected my wife and how it effects people who have to > subject themselves to it. There are two things I want to do. One was to > make > a statement about how the Great Daemon effects people. I have done that. If > I had the volume turned up too loud, I apologize. > > The second thing which I would like to do is to find a way to use my > pictures to do something to help women with breast cancer. I would like to > ask the groups opinion how to do that. I was thinking about picking the > best > of my flower pictures, putting a blurb book together and donating any > income > from that to a cause which would use the money to help these unfortunate > women. But, I have no idea if such a book would sell, if anyone would buy > it, and weather it would be worth doing. I was thinking of featuring pink > flowers and calling it something like pick for the cure. Corny, and a > cliche, i know. It would require do ing shameless self promotion to promote > it. I am notoriously bad at SSP. Very, very bad at it. I would also have to > try to talk one of our famous members such as Ted and Tina to help with an > introduction. I have never met either of them! I also thought about > tracking > down a group of women who have survived cancer and people who treat cancer > and inviting them to write a commentary to go with each image which might > be > of help to breast cancer victims and their care givers. > > So, what my picture today today was about is this. If you have a camera, > and some, but not much talent, how to you use that to do something to make > a > statement about cancer and to use to help the women who suffer from this > horrid disease. > > Any ideas? This was my first attempt. If I got it wrong I appologize. > > Barney > > > > On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Richard Man wrote: > > In that case, well done, and best wishes. >> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Barney Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Fair point. It is both provocative and a personal statement. I meant it >>> to >>> be. >>> >>> Barney >>> >>> Barney. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 18, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Richard Man wrote: >>> >>> The title is a bit provocative, unless it's a personal statement, I >>> >>>> wouldn't >>>> use it. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Barney Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.******org/v/Barney/Chemo.jpg.html<**ht** >>>>> tp://gallery.leica-users.org/****v/Barney/Chemo.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/**v/Barney/Chemo.jpg.html> >>>>> <http:**//gallery.leica-users.org/v/**Barney/Chemo.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Chemo.jpg.html> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Comments and criticisms welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Barney >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________******_________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See >>>>> http://leica-users.org/******mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/****mailman/listinfo/lug> >>>>> <http://**leica-users.org/**mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug> >>>>> > >>>>> <http://**leica-users.org/**mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug> >>>>> <http://**leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> >>>>> >>for >>>>> more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>>> previous >>>> replies in your msgs. ] >>>> >>>> ______________________________****_________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See >>>> http://leica-users.org/****mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug> >>>> <http://**leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>for >>>> more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________****_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/****mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug> >>> <http://**leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>for >>> more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >