Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello everyone,I have registered at the LUG mailing list + gallery a few days ago and posted a few pictures to http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/thanks to Philippe Amard who very gracefully informed me of the challenging topics and exciting pictures shared by LUG members. I started taking pictures back in ... 1964 with a rangefinder camera (an Ansco I believe it was), then I bought a Minolta X-1 and finally switched to Leica gear (M6, IIIc, M8). I have done some lab work a few years ago, this is probably why I don't believe, for the time being, in bringing too many changes to the pictures I take. I have no favourite themes I would work on for days but the way the light transforms the world I live in is something I like to capture - modestly! The reason why there are many pictures of the US in my album is because I have family there - as well as in Switzerland, a wonderful country for picture taking.I live in Strasbourg, in the east of France, close to the German and Swiss borders. A special thank you to Geoff Hopkinson who gave me some very sound advice before I decided to move from film to digital picture taking. I hope I'll be able to keep up with the email volume I get ... almost every second! Thank you for your comments and ideas - I'm still in the learning process. Jean-Michel (Mertz)