Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Americans might know this Chris, but the rest of the world doesn't. Basketball maybe for Indianans, but, for the rest of us outlanders, a large number of us can't relate. Is it a sport? You can't tackle, have to have an overactive pituitary gland, and no dress sense, so that rules it out for me. I'm with the Doc on this. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Warren, Indiana #1 > There's no Padre, this is a protestant church. The church itself wasn't > that important to me, the basketball hoops was. In Indiana, basketball is > an all-consuming passion. Everyone plays it, and basketball hoops are > everywhere. On garages, on barns, on the sides of buildings in small > towns. If you've ever seen the movie "Hoosiers" you'l see what I'm talking > about. If you ask people outside Indiana what they know of the state, > they'll always mention our obsession with Basketball. They may also > mention cornfields, the Indianapolis 500, and Gary (the city with a murder > rate higher than New York!), but they always know Indiana means > basketball. > > I am going back next week to photograph inside some of the main street > stores, which look like places frozen in time from the 1920s, and the > owners. I was there too late yesterday; these small towns roll up their > sidewalks at 5pm, and EVERYTHING closes down. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 7/24/14 4:07 PM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >>Hi Chris, >> Here's an idea and maybe you can set it up for a Saturday or on a Sunday? >> >>Get the Padre out there with some kids shooting baskets or playing around! >>Then you'd have a much better photo particularly if the Padre happened to >>have on his white collar? Or other Padre type clothing? >> >>Your caption reads. >>" Yesterday afternoon, I spent some time photographing in a couple of >>small >>towns in Huntington County, southwest of Fort Wayne. This is the parking >>lot >>behind the Warren Church of Christ in Warren, Indiana." >> >>Now if you didn't tell us that in your caption then it would be nothing >>more >>than a white brick wall with a basketball hoop! >>BIG DEAL! As nothing visually indicates it is or was and maybe still is a >>church? >> >>It would have been a far more effective photo if it showed something that >>indicated it was a church going building. Would it not? >> >>A Cross or some other element of church? Rather than just a blank white >>wall? >> >>just trying to be helpful as a photo editor? >> >>cheers, >>Dr. ted >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >>Behalf >>Of >>Chris Crawford >>Sent: July-24-14 12:45 PM >>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>; Olympus Camera Discussion >>Subject: [Leica] Warren, Indiana #1 >> >>Yesterday afternoon, I spent some time photographing in a couple of small >>towns in Huntington County, southwest of Fort Wayne. This is the parking >>lot >>behind the Warren Church of Christ in Warren, Indiana. >> >>http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1931 >> >>-- >>Chris Crawford >>Fine Art Photography >>Fort Wayne, Indiana >>260-437-8990 >> >>http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >