Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, This is too much. I love it. Len On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:15 AM, Christopher Williams wrote: > Okay, not really. > > My wife and I walked down to the local bookstore(a real local > store, not the B&N) today to see Alton Brown (Good Eats and Iron > Chef TV Host). He was signing his new book "Feasting on Asphalt", > which follows the story of the TV series of the same name that > Alton did last year. They started in New Orleans and went up North > along the Mississippi River on motorcycles looking for local > recipes and food. > > We noticed he was taking photos with everyone so it seemed no > problem to get some shots with him when it was our turn. So we get > up there, extremely nice guy, signs the books and one of the > assistants says she would take a photo with my camera so we both > can be in the shot. Well, keep in mind I have my D3 with 28-70/2.8 > with me, but she says no problem. I put the camera on AF-C and high > speed 11fps just to make sure she will get the shot for us. > > Click,click,click,click,click,click,click.............. she's > nailing it! Alton starts to laugh at how large and fast the camera > is. So he starts to shoot self portraits with it! This is just too > hilarious! I make sure I sneak in a few frames with my ugly mug. > > So here's a slideshow of today, complete with Alton's self portraits. > > www.zoeicaimages.com/AltonBrownNOLA > > As we're leaving he tells me Ansel would not approve of that type > of photography. > > > Chris > NOLA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information