[Leica] Re:The Harmless Pursuit of Photography

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

Indeed. I think.:-)


On 3/5/06 6:40 PM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Afterswift said:
>>> Photography isn't a harmless pursuit. We lost many photojournalists in
>>> wars
> during the last 65 years.
> And even civilian photographers have risked and lost their lives getting
> that
> vital shot, going back to the pre- and post-Civil War eras.
> 
> But that doesn't mean we can't titer our activities to compensate for some
> physical limitation at any age. Which is why the zoom lens is so popular.
> And
> many folks find that sitting in a well-upholstered office chair with plenty
> of
> tilts and rolls before a PC is easier on the spine than standing in front 
> of
> an enlarger and trays for hours.
> 
> Photography can be a rigorous as the individual photographer chooses to 
> make
> it. On the other hand, if you're flying and the engine stalls, you can't
> pull
> over to the shoulder and cell phone for a tow truck.<<<
> 
> B. D., responded:
>>>> Oh....my....God...<<<<
> 
> Hi B.D.,
> I thought your response was quite interesting! :-)  I felt Afterswift 
> missed
> the whole point of Jim's post. Wasn't Jim saying returning to photography 
> as
> a quiet easy going hobby taking life easy? Like it had nothing to do with
> real life death experiences ?
> 
> Man I always figured if the engine failed on my plane the Great Spirit 
> would
> be on his cell giving us directions, parked cloud side or otherwise. ;-)
> 
> ted 
> 
> 
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