[Leica] Don's PAW Back to basics, lighting the tree

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

Number 2 (coy Mary) definitely says "love you Dad(dy)". Almost the  
same expression as this one: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo? 
photo_id=2113373

B.


On 18-dec-2005, at 15:53, Don Dory wrote:

> Mary came home from school this week with three priorities.  First  
> was to
> finish a major paper for her final grade, second was to catch up on  
> sleep,
> and third was to get our Christmas tree up and decorated.  This  
> weeks PAW is
> really a family snapshot, but sometimes items of vast personal  
> importance
> can be trivial.  For example, the reed organ in the background was  
> carried
> by wagon from Connecticut to Nebraska in the 1860's and was  
> restored by
> SWMBO's Grandfather.  The candlesticks in the background were  
> turned by my
> father under duress from my mother who wanted two inch candles for a
> Thanksgiving meal many years ago.  So, sometimes, trivial items of  
> little
> meaning to outsiders are very important.
>
> Anyway, first up:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryandthelights
>
> Second, getting busted is sometimes fun.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/maryglares
>
> Last,  my personal favorite although flawed as a photograph by an  
> overly
> bright background and a just missed focus.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album317/marysettinglights
>
> So, to all of my many friends at the LUG saloon, have a wonderful  
> end of
> year.  Spend time with your loved ones; reflect on those departed;  
> do at
> least one act of charity toward the undeserving; and keep pushing that
> shutter, who knows what could happen.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
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