Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some time in ... 1999 or 2000 I photographed an unexpected and somewhat volatile interchange between two mayoral candidates. Realizing that I had something special, I dropped the rest of the day, rushed home, processed the film made a fast print and called the local paper and was told by the city desk that they'd already gone to press with a digital image someone got in an hour before me. I realized that day that film was over in terms of news photography because the guy with the digital shot was always going to get there before you and he'd be off at the next assignment beating you again while you were developing. It's only going to get faster with wireless SD cards sending everything back to the mother ship while the event's going on.... On Dec 2, 2010, at 3:28 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> >> Hello Wayne, >> >> When it comes to the LUG Year book I'm the guy who always reams the butt >> of >> >> everybody to get their pictures in well before midnight dec 31. Some >> become >> >> what we might say ... "slightly, if not right P...ed off with me simply >> >> because I spare no words nor the whip to deliver on time and earlier!" OR >> >> ELSE! :-)