Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > Peso: > > An update from Iran. Wi-fi is very iffy and I had to get a VPN to get > Facebook or see my own site so communication has been limited. > > We are having a great time! After an initial problem with my SL lens, > which was remedied by advice from Leica, all 3 cameras are working fine. congratulations on your success, very happy that all is going well, getting help from Leica can be like getting blood from a stone. That you pulled it off, the SL and the other cameras are all working, a bit of a miracle. > I did have a problem with the external hard drive that I'm using for a > back-up. It seems to be working fine now, but because of that, I'm not > downloading any cards until they get completely filled-up so I have no > photos to show yet. > > The week in Istanbul photographing Syrian refugees was shortened by a day > and a half because of delayed and cancelled flights but I did manage to get > in a couple of days with Syrian children and families. If you ever run > across a tour agency called Urban Adventures, it's well-worth going on > their tours in many cities of the world to photograph ordinary people and > families. > . > Our Iranian guide is wonderful! On the way in from the airport, we stopped > and :shared picnics with Iranian families. Then he managed to get me and my > cameras into the Ayatollah's Tomb where photography is normally forbidden. > He has continued to do that everywhere, getting me permission to shoot in > forbidden places and finding Iranians who are happy to share with us and be > photographed. Good work, happy to hear all this, and congratulations, I look forward to seeing the results. > > Today we are in Hamedan. Yesterday we visited Arak, the village where we > used to live. It's now a megalopolis with hundreds of high-rise apartment > buildings. We found the area where we used to live but couldn't find the > house. Tom went by the plant where he used to work but when we lived here, > it was in the middle of the desert by itself. Now it is surrounded by > industry and commerce in a busy industrial complex. > > Our guide has promised many more adventures. It's cold here but beautiful > with lots of snow in the mountains. > > I'll post photos when I get back home! Enjoy the trip, when do you get back? We will be in France shortly then Spain, so next contact may be after. Don?t forget, keep shooting, :-) steve > > Tina > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information