Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a portrait of a Vet that I posted a while back. It was taken in the Visitors' centre at Utah beach, just down the road from Ste Marie du Mont. http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=people/environmental&image=NormandyVet.jpg M6TTL, 50mm 'cron (I think), HP5 plus. Cheers Mark Mark Pope, Swindon, Wilts UK Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009 (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008 Mark Pope wrote: > Kyle, > > great story and fine portraits. The profile works best for me. The > lighting makes it into an extraordinary shot. > > Cheers > > > Mark > > Kyle Cassidy wrote: >> I saw Ben at a picnic and asked if I could photograph him -- his face >> seemed so ... wonderful. He bubbled immediately, he would be >> overjoyed. I asked what year he was born -- "1927" he said. Talk fell >> to history and I asked if he was in the war. He was. He landed at >> Omaha, fought through the hedgerows, through the Battle of the Bulge, >> helped to liberate the Werl prison and civilian labor camp, and came >> back to America to be a toy maker. >> >> "Did you get seasick?" I asked, "crossing the channel?" >> >> "Did I, oh did I ever." >> >> "How did you function on the beach seasick?" >> >> "Oh, you got over it pretty quick when you hit the beach. I think the >> only reason I survived was that I was too young to realize I was going >> to die." >> >> >> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/sketchclub-1.jpg >> >> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/sketchclub-2.jpg >> >> 85 1.8, wide open on the Leicablad d700 >> >> >> kyle "i really wish I hadn't sold my Nikon F" cassidy >> >> >> >> -- >> www.kylecassidy.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >