Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Definitely can see that you were the Robert Capa of the pillow battle, Jim. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 6 April 2014 14:49, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/pillow+fight/ > > Leica M3, CV 28/3.5, Neopan 400 > > Jim Shulman > Wynnewood, PA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Geoff Hopkinson > Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2014 12:31 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] One of the joys of a film Leica > > Of course, Jim. Just teasing. I noticed in our news here that this happens > in cities across the globe. In London you were not allowed to hit anyone > with a camera or not wielding a pillow apparently! > When pillows are outlawed only outlaws will tickle you with feathers. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 6 April 2014 14:15, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > > > Hoppy, I have to wait a bit until the pictures are ready (film, > > drying, > > scanning--remember?) The digital crowd has already posted their stuff. > > > > j > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On > > Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson > > Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:19 PM > > To: Leica Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Leica] One of the joys of a film Leica > > > > Pictures!? Where are the pictures Jim !? Without them it didn't happen. > > > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 6 April 2014 10:49, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > > > > Negs in the SHOWER??? > > > > > > I have just 2 words for you: Norman Bates! > > > > > > --howard > > > > > > BTW, I loved that really snarky comment about the red rings and > > > you-know-who's bathtub. > > > > > > > > > On Apr 5, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Today's I was invited to participate in International Pillow Fight > > > > Day (yes, there is such a thing). When I showed up at the park, > > > > there were about three or four middle-aged photographers to each > > pillow fighter. > > > > Almost everyone had a mammoth DSLR, most with equally mammoth > > > > zooms with red rings at the end (there were so many, you'd have > > > > thought it was > > > Norman > > > > Bates' bathtub!). When the fighting started, I jumped right into > > > > the > > > fray > > > > with my M3, ISO 400 b/w film, and a CV 28/3.5, which is a really > > > > compact lens. They pounded away (and a few times I was whacked.) > > > > Of course, I > > > had > > > > no fears whatsoever for the outfit, since both camera and lens are > > > > built like a tank. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, I was the only shooter in the middle of it, since > > > > everyone else was terrified that one swat would destroy their > > > > $2000, 3000 or > > whatever > > > > DSLR outfit. So, from a distance it looked like a lot of pillow > > > > fighters, surrounded by a bunch of guys who looked as thought they > > > > were photographing wildlife from a Range Rover. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Negatives in the shower drying now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Jim Shulman > > > > > > > > Wynnewood, PA > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > > information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >