Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dedicated performers, and fans!! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: As Dr. Ted Says, "See it, Shoot It" > On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > >>Hi Alan, > >>A very worthwhile effort. I like the Maestro image the best. I have seen >>many photos of Schermerhorn from his work in Nashville, and yours is by >>far >>the best I have seen. Of course, you had the advantage of catching him a >>little younger than most. > >>Jim Nichols >>Tullahoma, TN USA > ==================================================================================================== > Thank you very kindly, Jim. I happened to know his manager from her > position at my school, so I asked her if Schermerhorn might pose for me, > explaining that I just thought he had a great face for a dramatic style > picture. I was really surprised when he agreed, and even more so when he > showed up at the studio already in full formal garb on a 90 degree August > day. It was so nice of him to do this. We did other poses too, and I > furnished him with prints, but this was my favorite. > > My wife Kathryn sang with Margaret Hawkin's Milwaukee Symphony Chorus for > many years, and I have to add a note about the dedication of that chorus > and orchestra in January of 1982. I attended a performance Kat was > singing in that month when the temperature for the Saturday night concert > was 26 degrees below zero F. This was the all-time lowest temperature > ever recorded in Milwaukee, and more than half the seats in the hall were > still filled. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >