[Leica] Introducing myself

[corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst)]

Jean-Michel wrote:

>Hello everyone,I have registered at the LUG mailing list + gallery a 
>few days ago and posted a few pictures to 
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/thanks to Philippe 
>Amard who very gracefully informed me of the challenging topics and 
>exciting pictures shared by LUG members.  I started taking pictures 
>back in ... 1964 with a rangefinder camera (an Ansco I believe it 
>was), then I bought a Minolta X-1 and finally switched to Leica gear 
>(M6, IIIc, M8). I have done some lab work a few years ago, this is 
>probably why I don't believe, for the time being, in bringing too 
>many changes to the pictures I take. I have no favourite themes I 
>would work on for days but the way  the light transforms the world I 
>live in is something I like to capture - modestly! The reason why 
>there are many pictures of the US in my album is because I have 
>family there - as well as in Switzerland, a wonderful country for 
>picture taking.I live in Strasbourg, in the east of France, close to 
>the German
>  and Swiss borders. A special thank you to Geoff Hopkinson who gave 
>me some very sound advice before I decided to move from film to 
>digital picture taking. I hope I'll be able to keep up with the 
>email volume I get ... almost every second! Thank you for your 
>comments and ideas - I'm still in the learning process. Jean-Michel 
>(Mertz)

Jean-Michel, welcome. We're probably all still in the learning 
process - that's why it's so good to see work from such great 
shooters. As to the email volume, you can always pick and choose - it 
makes a change from groups which are more or less moribund. Way back 
in the Jurassic Age when I first joined, the LUG was a very different 
place. As it developed over the years, it became less and less 
on-topic, and eventually I gave up in pure frustration. Coming back 
quite recently, it's pleasant to see that the emphasis is now very 
much on photography and offering our work for constructive criticism. 
I look forward to seeing yours.

Best of light.

Alex

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