[Leica] thinking about posting pictures

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

In the past while I have reflected on the issue of posting pictures to 
the LUG, which I haven't done much of. And I've looked at all of the 
pictures that do get posted and thought "hmmm".

What I think I've learned is that the pictures that I like the most are 
pictures that come from the photographer's passion, and not pictures 
that the photographer thinks are "good" pictures. I never thought I 
would enjoy looking at pictures of trains or insects or plants or 
airplanes or strange-looking people smoking cigarettes on a city street. 
But I do. I was amazed at how much I liked the photographs of park 
benches that used to appear from time to time.

Right now my passion is my grandchildren, and I think I'm going to start 
posting pictures of them. You don't have to look at them if you don't 
want. Mostly I prefer pictures of people, and 90% of the pictures I've 
ever taken have been formal or informal individual or group portraits.

Well, first I need to finish cleaning out my office and turning in my 
keys. And until the Q2 that I've ordered manages to arrive, I don't have 
a working Leica except my IIIf and an M6. I need autofocus; I can't see 
well enough to focus an M any more, so I've passed on my M9 to someone I 
think will use it well. I will get to see my youngest grandchild again 
in a month, so I dearly hope my Q2 has arrived by then.