[Leica] Ted, thank you

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

 Ted,
I want to thank you for your stint as Assignment Editor. But I fully 
understand your comments that it is a thankless task. So few submissions but 
each needing an evaluation and a comment. The sad fact is that most of us 
have reached the age where we photograph whatever strikes our fancy, not 
what someone else tells us to do. Even those Luggers who make a living 
taking pictures submit only their personal favorites to the gallery.


I must admit that I felt a bit guilty about not fully accepting the idea of 
each new assignment. Somewhere in my archives I had a picture that would 
meet the requirements. Sometimes barely. Why try to take another just to 
prove that I could.
That may well have been the case for most of us.


Still, I would like to thank you for your efforts. As a group we probably 
don't deserve mentoring by a photographer of your caliber. As for me, I just 
push the button, snapping whatever I find pleasing in the viewfinder. 
Thinking is for working photographers. I just do it for the fun.?


Thank you, thank you, thank you.


Larry Z (an adventitious photographer)