Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alas, but I believe I have hit my end on this project. I sweated blood for some weeks, shot a bunch of negatives, and printed them. I had the selection of what I saw as the best at hand this evening to show the band leader. My ex-wife forced her way by my office, early, and flipped through the stack. Ignoring the good pictures, she flipped up the ones I had printed solely to show that I needed another shoot with this vocalist -- my most difficult subject, one who fussed every time I turned her way, to tell the band leader she did NOT want pictures shot! My ex-wife simply sneered and snapped, "I know her. She is a LOT prettier than that." I asked, "what of the other pictures?" And she said, "dull. They didn't catch my attention." She and the bandleader are two of a kind, gentle, otherworldly, and spiritual. I know the bandleader through her. (He is a retired optical engineer, if that provides any hint to this Assembled Multititude.) I will probably send the bandleader what I have shot to date with a suave note indicating that I cannot do better and suggesting that he hire a REAL photographer, one with REAL gear like Nikon. And, of course, remitting my fee. I feel utterly defeated. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!