Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love this image. Also amazing to hear that he practiced during the break. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 4 Mar 2020, at 17:18, 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