Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes please, Doug, what do you think of the two portfolios I showed in the last few days? The Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden and the Ping: Faces of the SmartWorld. Love your opinions! Thanks. On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:23 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Can we stop this thread now? Show us some pictures. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Richard Man richard at richardmanphoto.com > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:20:28 -0700 > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8? > > > Yea yea yea, but you probably also worked in a company that happened to > reward you financially and that you happened to escape the financial crisis > unscathed. > > Chris Crawford would work more than 20 hours day if he could. Phil Forrest > went to Iraq to fight for our asses. The homeless person who wants to go to > MacDonald may not have a home. > > I can go on.. The system is game against the poor. Some people got lucky > and win lotteries and than think it's all their hard work. And so it goes. > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> wrote: > > > When I grew up, my family was probably poorer than most people's here. > But > > I learned early to work my ass off in order to fare well financially. If > I > > had to work 20 hours a day to get by, I would just do that. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Richard Man <richard at > > richardmanphoto.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Yes, but I bet that you have never been in the situations that of the > > > people you denigrated. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Well, the world is much bigger than the profiles you have in your > mind. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Richard Man < > > richard at richardmanphoto.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm just profiling. You know, live in Seattle, own high end > expensive > > > > > medium format and Leica cameras. Denigrate people for being poor. > > Use a > > > > > Japanese photog as online nickname... :-) > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Why not? Yes, medium format film is expensive but it's cheaper > than > > > the > > > > > > price of a pack of cigarettes in new york. Do you ask smokers on > > the > > > > > street > > > > > > if they used to work for MSFT? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Richard Man < > > > > richard at richardmanphoto.com > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > So let me guess, did you use to work for MSFT or something? I > > > mean, > > > > > why > > > > > > > else would someone shoot cosplay pictures with medium format > film > > > > and I > > > > > > bet > > > > > > > those are Hasselblad and not a cheapie Yashica, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Kay Yang < > liangjiyang at gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I totally second on the health problem point. But that does > not > > > > > > > contradict > > > > > > > > the example I was giving. In my example, the beggar wanted > $4 > > to > > > > > buy a > > > > > > > > McDonald's meal, which is far worse to your health than a > loaf > > of > > > > > > > > wonderbread for $1.50 or $2. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually I am not involved in the comics world. I was just > > > > practicing > > > > > > my > > > > > > > > portrait skills there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Tina Manley < > > > images at comporium.net > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I bake all of my own bread and the rye is wonderful (if I > do > > > say > > > > so > > > > > > > > > myself). It might be cheaper to buy Wonderbread but you > will > > > pay > > > > > for > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > later with health problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Mark Rabiner < > > > > > mark at rabinergroup.com> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I met a guy the other day who bakes his own rye bread. > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to do the same. I don't care if my oven melts > my > > > > > > > > refrigerator. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - - from my iRabs. > > > > > > > > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > > > > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>