Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Liam, Terrific stuff! cheers, frank in Toronto gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca wrote: > Hi Liam, > > Welcome aboard. Good to have another Canadian on the list! > > Regards, > > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Liam Maloney <kine_scope@yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:57 am > Subject: [Leica] hello everyone > > > Introductions are in order; I've been a longtime > > lurker and enjoy reading the tips and tiffs when I > > have the time. I'm a kid photojournalist living in > > Montreal. My love affair with glass, brass and film > > began when I inherited a Leica III from my > > grandfather. The thing never left my hands! Soon > > after I was going to the library and spending hours > > with Robert Frank, Mary Ellen Mark, Eugene Richards > > and > > Elliot Erwitt (to name a few favorites). Two years > > ago I decided to try and make photography my > > profession. > > > > Now I string for a weekly paper and shoot stills for > > the NFB. Humble beginnings, but I love it and it > > beats working in a record store... > > > > Anyways, I picked up a cheap scanner and am now able > > to contribute some images. There's not much up yet, > > but take a look: > > > > www.leica-gallery.net/getcloser/index.html > > > > One of the galleries is temporary, for Sonny's > > glamour contest. > > The other is a chunk of an ongoing photo essay. > > More to come, when I have a minute or twenty. > > > > The LUG can be a great venue for sharing ideas - all > > comments & criticisms are welcome. > > > > FWIW, I shoot almost everything with a beater M4-P > > and a 28/2.8 or a 35 'cron. Sometimes I also use a > > hefty SL2 with a 50 or a 90. I often dream of getting > > new lenses, but it's amazing how much can be done with > > 1 prime if that's all you've got on you. > > Tri-X and Rodinal 1:25 used to be my preference. > > Now I like HP5+ in XTOL 1:2. > > > > Liam > > > > ===== > > "Get close. Then get closer" - D.D.Duncan > > > > Liam Maloney > > Photographer > > 514.282.0248 home > > 514.880.0248 cell > > 4013 St.Laurent Blvd No.1 > > Montreal, QC > > H2W 1Y4 > > kine_scope@yahoo.com > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > > 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 - -- Honour - that virtue of the unjust! - -Albert Camus - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html