Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 16 August 2000, Summicron1@aol.com wrote: > > Ted is absolutely correct here. > > Photographers are strange people. The sit and watch the same scene for hours, > apparently to no purpose although what they really want is that cloud right > up there, the one on the left, to be just a tad bit more in the center, and > the sun to be down just a bit more, and they're perfectly willing to wait an > hour or so for this to happen. > > This drives other people nuts. Hell, when I'm with a photographer and he's > doing it with an image that does not interest me, it drives me nuts. Wives > and children claim they are willing to be patient but, trust me, it ruins the > trip for them. And well it should. > > Two years in a row now I have gone to Grand Teton National Park by myself. > Just me and a couple cameras. (R3, Graflex XL) I've stood in fields or on > mountain tops waiting for clouds to do what they may or may not do. Just > theknowledge that my wife is NOT back in the car being very patient makes it > so much more enjoyable. > > The pictures come out better, too. > > charlie trentelman > ogden > Ted and Charlie have it right. I have no desire to test the patience of my family. Even the boof sez "come on daddy, don't stop for pictures". Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.