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Subject: Re: [Leica] interacting with strangers -- a very important element of photography
From: "geebeespaw" <geebeespaw@btopenworld.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 07:53:22 -0000
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Nathan
I was going to buy a copy of this book but I couldn't face the sales
assistant. I toyed with the idea of buying on Amazon but if it's too big for
the letterbox I would have to face the postman. :>)


Graham

http://geebeephoto.com/


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 07 February 2002 06:18
Subject: Re: [Leica] interacting with strangers -- a very important element
of photography


> Just wanted to send a belated thanks to Kyle for recommending this book. I
> bought it from Amazon and find its recommendations extremely useful. As
Kyle
> writes, its primarily aim is business, but since I was laid off in
December and
> am currently looking around, the schmoozing techniques contained in this
book
> are very useful to me right now from both points of view.
>
> Highly recommended.
>
> Nathan
>
> kyle cassidy wrote:
>
> > i recommend reading "the vault guide to schmoozing" -- which is about
$14
> > from amazon. it's basically a book about how to strike up conversations
with
> > strangers, largely written for business people, but it all carries over
into
> > photography. one great suggestion it gives is to always have a followup
> > question. you start with "do you come here often" they say "yes" and
unless
> > you're prepared, the conversation dies there. so you ask "i've never
heard
> > of any of these beers before, do you know anything about them?" and your
> > off.
>
> --
> Nathan Wajsman
> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
>
> e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
>
> Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
> General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm
>
>
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