Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great images, Bill. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2020, at 10:18 AM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Hi there ? > > > When Benny Goodman left the stage at the Amarillo City Auditorium in > 1963, I had th audacity to follow him into his downstairs dressing room to > ask if I could photograph him while he practiced. > > > Goodman was as much a gentleman as he was a performer. Without > hesitation, he asked me where I wanted him to place himself in the tiny > dressing room and what I wanted him to do. He graciously obeyed. > > > These Goodman frames serve to remind me of a beginning photographer?s > vital lesson: As my colleague ? and retired airline pilot ? Tyler Vance > always says, ?you can?t land unless you make an approach.? > > > I don?t think these ever were published, but they remain in my memory > like a haunting refrain of a clarinet, heard from a long way off and a long > time ago. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Benny+Goodman2_+1963+-+00202.jpg.html> > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Benny+Goodman2_+1963+-+00202.jpg.html > > > ?Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >