Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gentlemen, NATHAN & RICHARD: A most gracious thank you both for your most kind words! So many of us become friends via the LUG, PHOTOGRAPHY and the screen! However, the most rewarding is the warmth of the FACE TO FACE HANDSHAKE MEET & GREET! :-) THAT SEALS A LIFETIME FRIENDSHIP! And with any kind of luck we shall once again sometime in the future have one more face to face "MEET & GREET WITH THE HAND SHAKE! Cheers to both, :-) ted :-) Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: October-05-14 11:39 AM To: lug Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: the "mistake" photo of Ted Grant Ted is more than a national treasure, he is a world treasure! I too have had the privilege of meeting him, in Barcelona. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA On 04 Oct 2014, at 22:48, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > Ted Grant is a national treasure of Canada. He photographed Prime Minister > Trudeau sliding down a banister and Ben Johnson winning the Gold (and then > lost it later due to drug violation). Travel photos, Queen Elizabeth, he > has done it all. His photography mantra is KISS (Keep it Simple...) Back in > the days, he would run around with 3 Leica Ms on his neck, and then one or > two Leica R with long lens. > > And he's an incredibly generous, funny person. My wife and I had the > privilege to share an afternoon with him. The Leica M9 photoset is here: > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/TedGrant-2014/ > > It was somewhat surreal that after some niceties, that I brought in my 4x5, > and of course I had the wrong film etc. So a mistake :-/ Nevertheless, with > the magic of Lightroom, an image can be seen: > > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20141004-Scanned-515.jpg > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5315 / Virus Database: 4176/8330 - Release Date: 10/05/14