[Leica] IMGs: 99 years

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

Thanks Frank.
I just wish I could have interacted a bit more with him
to get the "eyes."

The combination of
not much time,
his not wishing to be photographed
and 
his near deafness,
and Matt and John trying so hard to keep him engaged
made that nearly impossible.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Aug 18, 2010, at 12:05 PM, FRANK DERNIE wrote:

> Lovely photographs George, you have done the family proud.
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
> To: Group Users Leica <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 August, 2010 17:47:57
> Subject: [Leica] IMGs: 99 years
> 
> Matt Millen, a third generation slate and tile roof specialist, along with 
> other 
> members of the National Slate Association, is rewriting, for the first 
> time 
> since 1926, "Slate Roofs, Design and Installation Manual 2010." After Matt 
> and I 
> had arranged to photograph a roof for the cover of the Manual this past 
> Monday 
> afternoon; he asked if I was available in the morning to photograph his 99 
> year 
> old father, William, during a rare visit to Millen Roofing Company 
> headquarters.
> 
> When I arrived William asked Matt who I was (he didn't remember that we'd 
> met on 
> a few previous occasions - and I'd even photographed their rather large 
> family 
> 35 years earlier). Matt introduced me and added that I was a photographer 
> who'd 
> be taking some photos of a roof later today. William then asked me, "Are 
> you any 
> good?" And before I could even answer turned to Matt and asked, "Is he any 
> good?" He went on to emphatically state that he did NOT want any 
> photographs 
> made of himself. Matt turned to me and said, "Just take out your camera 
> and do 
> the best you can." So I was in the rather uncomfortable position of trying 
> not 
> to offend the subject while also trying to accomplish something of value 
> for 
> Matt. I'd brought my favorite portrait light - but it would never come out 
> of 
> the car. I had the M8 with 50 lux asph on the camera (about as discreet a 
> kit as 
> possible). Matt, his brother John and William were in constant motion 
> walking 
> around the warehouse for all of about 8 minutes (near the end the sister 
> who 
> drove dad in joined us).
> 
> As William left the shop we shook hands and he said to me, "May all your 
> photographs be beautiful."
> It felt like a spiritual blessing of some sort ? the hair stood up on my 
> arms.
> 
> Here is the first rough cut from the brief session:
> in b&w < http://imagist.com/william_millen_bw/>
> in color < http://imagist.com/william_millen>
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
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