Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>> Last week I realized one of my life's long-standing ambitions, to visit > Oktoberfest in Munich and drink the golden brew from 1-liter mugs. <<<< Hi Nathan, The Oktoberfest in Munich is without question one of the all time great photo ops in the world, quite incredible because it's all fun and folks having a good time. :-) Of course a few liters of beer help the jovial fun lovin' time for good pictures very much, as it loosens inhibitions and as long as you're clicking with a Leica you can hardly go wrong. :-) The tough part shooting a magazine feature on it for a week is not to become one of the revelers! My one occasion which included one evening of total fun lovin' "like ouch the next day" I shot 80 rolls of film in 5 working days and nights, colour & B/W. But it's a wonderful film burning event and anyone who's never attended should plan to be in Munich next year for a smashing good holiday of picture taking including some fine beer drinking time! :-) Be assured, if you stay serious about the picture taking you'll go home with some very fine uninhibited wonderful warm people pictures and without a doubt, a better understanding of fine German beer! ;-) Nice pictures posted and makes me wish I'd spent some time there with you. Actually we are using a couple of images from my shoot in one of the Leica Seminar presentations next week. Good shooting as always Nathan. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - ----- Original Message ----- From: "" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 2:05 PM Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 40 - Oktoberfest My > business associates in Munich told me that this year's event is > suffering greatly due to lack of visitors, but I found the place pretty > crowded nonetheless. It is true, however, that the events of September > 11 had an impact on Oktoberfest; for a while it was in doubt whether it > would even go ahead, but in the end it was decided to proceed with the > main event while skipping many of the traditional ancillary activities > (e.g. beauty contests etc.). So, here is a selection of my photographs > from last Monday night. All taken with the Leica M6 and 35mm or 50mm > Summilux lenses; the color pictures on Fuji Provia 400F and the black & > white ones on Ilford Delta 400. > > Main picture shows a couple of happy guys in a beer hall: > http://www.wajsman.com/40.jpg > > And the alternate pictures depict various scenes, as follows: > > Alternate 1: People sang... > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt1.jpg > Alternate 2: and danced. > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt2.jpg > Alternate 3: They were friendly... > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt3.jpg > Alternate 4: Very friendly! > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt4.jpg > Alternate 5: But behind the scenes people worked hard... > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt5.jpg > Alternate 6: especially the waitresses, one of whom takes a > deserved break... > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt6.jpg > Alternate 7: and the cooks... > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt7.jpg > Alternate 8: and even the musicians. > http://www.wajsman.com/40alt8.jpg > > The main index is at: > > http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > and comments are welcome and appreciated as always. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html