Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/03
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Why are these guys shooting some no name governor?
Chris Saganich
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Aaron Sandler
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:23 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Kyle's day off!
Wearing pajamas to a shoot?!!? Genius, my man! You may have just stumbled
on a way to set yourself apart from all the other poor schlubs out there
trying to make a buck with their camera.
I can see it now:
"Kyle's such a great photographer, he doesn't need to follow any
conventions."
"Whatever you do, don't say _anything_ about his pajamas...He's the best,
even if he is a little quirky."
"Look on the bright side: at least he remembered to wear his pajamas
today. When he photographed my wedding..."
Enjoy the rest of your day off,
Aaron
At 02:35 PM 3/3/2004, Kyle wrote:
>So, I wake up, leisurely today, make some toast, put my feet up, feed the
>cat, putter around in the back yard.... Eventually I decide to turn on the
>computer and check my email before wandering back outside to catch up on
>some reading. There in my inbox is a message:
>
> To: kyle cassidy
> From: [mumble mumble] magazine
> Subject: This Morning
>
> Dear Kyle,
> Thank you for so much for agreeing to photograph Governor Rendell today.
> I'm sure you already have it, but I just wanted to send you another copy
> of his schedule for today. See you at 9:00!
>
> [Mumble mumble],Editor
> [Mumble mumble] magazine
>
>Holy fark! Leap off of the chair, grab the leicas, shove them in a bag run
>out of the house in my pajamas, into a taxi with the instructions "Think
>NASCAR, there's a big tip in it for you!"
>
>Race to the venue, out of the taxi, up the steps, and ... Then begins the
>long wait for the governor who's late ... So I hang around in the back with
>the real photographers and pretend like I belong. We have conversations like
>this:
>
>Real photographer 1: "So, that XYZ storie's really played out hasn't it?"
>Real Photographer 2: "Yeah, I sat outside that hospital for six hours
>waiting to get that shot."
>Me: "Yeah. You think they have donuts here?"
>Real Photographer 1: "Last night I was hanging off the runner of that
>helecopter covering the evacuation story."
>Real Photographer 2: "Yeah, I saw you, I was behind the police car when the
>bullets started flying. I took one in the arm here."
>Me: "Yeah, I was, um, getting shot at too. You'd think they'd at least have
>coffee."
>Real photographer 1: "Yeah. I saw you on the roof of the ambulance getting
>that shot."
>Real photographer 2: "not as bad as bosnia!"
>Real photographer 1: "yeah, definitely, that was crazy."
>Me: "Check out the red dot on my camera here!"
>
>Eventually the governor shows up, I snap my shots, with my Leica set to 3200
>asa at 1/250 at 2.8 for the most part.
>
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/scrapbook/2004/2004-03-03-sv-rendell/11.jpg
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/scrapbook/2004/2004-03-03-sv-rendell/2b.jpg
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/scrapbook/2004/2004-03-03-sv-rendell/6b.jpg
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/scrapbook/2004/2004-03-03-sv-rendell/1b.jpg
>
>Back to the office, photos to [mumble mumble] can't wait for them to figure
>out that I'm a fraud.
>
>NOW I'm going to sit out in the back yard and catch up on some reading!
>
>
>Kc
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