Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, Good idea. Count me in. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu>wrote: > In August of 2009 I realized I had an extra 85mm f 1.8 - it's one of those > lenses you replace with the AF version and can't sell the old one for > enough > to justify selling it because, HEY, it's still a really nice lens but > there's no way you're ever going to use it again. It crossed my mind that I > ought to give it away to someone who would use it. > > So I made this blog post: > > http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/444606.html > > which is how I met Javier Odriozola whose proposed project was to "drive > around Uruguay and photograph the small villages" - which is about as > awesome an idea for a project as I could imagine, so I shipped him the > lens. > And Javier drove through Uruguay photographing the small villages and he's > got back and put together a collection of his photos which you can browse > here: > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1201949 > > And Javier's had an adventure, I feel like I helped the world wake up a > tiny bit better than she went to bed, and we all have photos to look at > that > didn't exist before... It is, as they say a "win win". > > WHICH BRINGS ME TO A PROPOSITION ... > > We probably all remember a time when we had more ideas than equipment and I > doubt there's a person on this list now who has some equipment they don't > use - whether it's an AE-1, or a wireless trigger, or a box of assorted > Hoya > filters or a Polaroid back, or an enlarger. I propose that the LUG come up > with an organized collection of micro-scholarships where we identify a) our > excess equipment and b) people who have more ideas than equipment and DO > something that produces a positive, quantifiable result - this might be > that > a certain number of images must be produced with the equipment and uploaded > to the LUG gallery or that a larger project be undertaken. > > Thoughts? Ideas? Takers? > > Kyle > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >