Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ian Watts wrote: >> I can't help but think that life is a bit too short not to show > somebody the small courtesy of having a quick look through the holiday > snaps when asked.<<<< Hi Ian, Quite true and I rarely refuse unless I'm deep into my own shooting at the time of asking. Then I let it be until they ask later, when I'm not wired into the assignment. However, trying to be polite and giving of oneself has led to some terribly boring 2 or more hours looking at holiday slides of "here we are standing at the Kremlin Wall and every other location the presenter and his/her spouse went." One sometimes has to refuse even on the possibly life may end the next day, for either party, simply because as happens with me a professional, the holiday offerings can be down right ghastly and time consuming and no matter how polite I want to be it can become a very depressing event. Having said that, I do make every effort to look, prints are easier as you can flip through them quickly. But watching a slide show means you're locked down to watch the "whole damn thing" :-) And the only good part is you're in the dark and the presenter rarely looks at your eyes as you attempt to keep from crying! ;-) Although I must say, any slide holiday snap event preceded by a glass of Lagavulin Single Malt Scotch can become a fine and smiling event! Particularly at the intermission tray change, they fill 'er up one more time! :-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html