Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful pictures, Ted. He has a wonderful talent. You certainly can be very, very proud of him. Ted in Olalla - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Something to feel good about. :-) > Eric wrote: > >>> >Scott to the rescue! :-) > >That's your boy! > > > > So how does seeing your son's work like this compare to your being proud > of your own work, such as the famous picture of the prime minister sliding > down the banister?<<<<< > > Eric, > I have to say quite honestly that he's a super photographer and he's humbled > me by shooting my butt off on more than one occasion! :-) It's a very good > feeling to see one's off spring succeed so well with the same dedication to > the craft. > > When he was just a little guy he'd stand on a stool in the dark room and > buffalo prints from the stop tray through to the washer, so he's grown up > with hypo in his veins! ;-) > > The unfortunate thing is, he's not into leica, although he learned his > shooting skills using them, he eventually went Canon. However, I don't > believe his lack of Leica has hurt his ability one iota. ;-) The very first > pro-football game I took him to he used a Leica SLmot and a 250 mm lens and > I only let him shoot one roll of B&W film. Results? > > 8 out of 36 frames were used immediately and were sold later for secondary > use. > > The first overseas international sport event he attended as one of our crew > was in Edinburgh, Scotland 1986, he blew most of our crew away. This led to > him being one of the regular shooters in '87 Indianapolis Pan American > Games, '88 Winter, Calgary, Canada and Summer, Seoul, Korea, Olympics. > > Since then he's covered nearly every international event plus all kinds of > national and other sports. He's the official photographer for Skate Canada > which is our National Skating organization. > > If you're interested in seeing some of his work please have a look at his > company web site, "Image Communications" for examples. > > Image Communications. http://www.cyberus.ca/~fsgrant/ > > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > > -- > 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