Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops! I think I am the one who needs to apologize, Sonny.I should have put a smilely at the end of my statement. I did not take offense at your post. I apologize I came across that way. I don't find my town very interesting and I always enjoy seeing your pictures of your town and the various goings on. My "town" has a 6 lane highway cutting it in half, with cheap hotels on both sides and several "abandoned" shopping areas. There is no town center. We do have a new McDonalds and they are building and Super Wal-Mart and Sam's complex in town. (Makes me feel like I'm back in Seymour, TN.) So, you still wanna see what I come up with? (-: So, I agree it is harder to shot a small town than I big one. I need to work harder, as you say. I don't get around my town much, but I'll try a little harder. May have to include the surrounding towns. This is New Jersey, afterall. Can't tell when you go from one town to the next most of the time. So, I'll see what I can do. However, I just realized I am leaving on vacation Aug. 7 (going to St. Andrews and St. Johns, New Brunswick) so I may be a little late gettign things posted. I'll do my best. Regards, Doug Douglas Richard Lee Cinnaminson, NJ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "(SonC) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Project Proposal: An apology > Doug Lee said: "I'm in. Even if I don't live in as interesting place as > Sonny." > > Doug, > I would say that there are intersting aspects to this little town, but > undoubtedly many, including my kids would say it is a dull place. > > That said, all of us have a vision of a certain picture of our own town. > How Main Street looks, or the old train station; The truth as I believe it, > is that like a motion picture, it takes an "establishing shot," then you go > in for details that build the whole picture. > > For me, the experience of small town living is complex. It is easier to > shoot a few photos that show the character of a big city than it is to > portray a place like Natchitoches. > > I work hard finding stuff to shoot, but in doing that, I get more > opportunity. In the past year shooting to post on the LUG, I've been to > more events than in the previous ten years since I came back to live here > after thirty years in New Orleans. > > I didn't mean to sound like a nay-sayer, though I guess I was a little > pompous in my reply to Adam that has followed this thread through the day. > I apologize for that. > > I really do want to see how you see your own place. I love looking at the > pictures people post. Thes glimpses of you, your loved ones and and where > you are give me almost as much pleasure as sharing mine. > > Please, do join in. > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@dcn.davis.ca.us> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:14 PM > > Subject: [Leica] LUG Project Proposal: the essence of where we live > > > > > > > The geographic diversity of the LUG is delightful. > > > > > > I was wondering if it wouldn't be fun to set a week, say the first week > in > > > August, and have all of us photograph the communities we call home, and > > > share them. A sort of snapshot of how we see the world immediately > around > > > us. > > > > > > It's just a thought, but might give us a fun reason to pick up our > cameras > > > and look at our communities and seek the essence of what is there. It > > could > > > be an interesting exercise. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Adam Bridge > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html