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Subject: [Leica] Commemorating HCB's bday
From: david5stones at gmail.com (David Teo Boon Hwee)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:01:39 +0800
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Thanks George! 

Will definitely post more! 

David Teo
Photographer
http://www.5stonesphoto.com/blog 


On 24 Aug, 2013, at 0:31, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 23, 2013, at 1:58 AM, Red Dawn wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all for the wonderful welcome! I am definitely humbled by the
>> 
>> warmness in this group. I will share more, seeing that I've benefitted 
>> from
>> the collective wisdom and experience in this group.
>> 
>> Just a quick intro, I bought my very first Leica rangefinder, an M6TTL in
>> 2004. I really love the rangefinder ethos and practice, but at the same
>> time also shot a digital system along with the M6. After I sold the M6 
>> plus
>> 3 lenses (28, 35 and 50 Summicrons) in a fit of madness in 2007 (no, not
>> really, I needed the money to get married), I continued to shoot my
>> Japanese digital cameras in the same way, setting exposure entirely
>> manually, using fixed, fast primes of focal length 28, 35 and 50mm.
>> 
>> The Leica was the best photography teacher I ever had.
>> 
>> Fast forward a few years, and unfortunately my marriage brought down 2
>> years ago, and after the separation, I decided to dedicate my life to the
>> one consistent passion in my life - photography, specifically documentary
>> photography. I've always been shooting weddings and stuff for money, but
>> deep down, I would rather shoot photo essays that tell stories, instead of
>> what clients want :)  This led to me eventually acquiring a used M9 plus a
>> brand new Summarit 35mm - regretted selling the 35 cron I used to have, 
>> but
>> no way am I paying twice more than what I paid for back in 2004 for 
>> EXACTLY
>> the same lens.... (ok it does have the 6 bit code).
>> 
>> Going back to Tokyo for street photography in March of 2012, which was the
>> place I went for my honeymoon, was a decision made on a whim, and I bought
>> the ticket about 2 weeks before departure. SInce then, Japan has became
>> somewhat of an obsession, and whenever I can, I have returned to Tokyo -
>> for a country that has faced much devastation in recent times, it's a 
>> place
>> I found healing, and was the basis of putting together a solo exhibition,
>> Tokyo Dreaming in Dec of 2012.
>> 
>> I'm planning a fifth trip later this year, and am now trying to organise 
>> my
>> photos in the form of a series of blog posts.
>> 
>> Part 1 can be found here (mostly street work)
>> http://5stonesphoto.com/blog/2013/07/22/tokyo-dreaming-the-complete-series-part-1/
>> 
>> Part 2 focused on the gardens and parks of Tokyo, which I love to wander 
>> in
>> http://5stonesphoto.com/blog/2013/07/24/tokyo-dreaming-ii-the-gardens-of-tokyo-ft-yasukuni-shrine-and-ueno-park/
>> 
>> Part 3 is exclusively black and white street work
>> http://5stonesphoto.com/blog/2013/08/19/tokyo-dreaming-part-3/
>> 
>> Part 4 is the tribute to HCB, which I posted earlier.
>> 
>> Hope you guys enjoy the photos and I will definitely be sharing more from
>> my on-going project!
>> 
>> David Teo
>> Photographer
>> http://www.5stonesphoto.com/blog
> 
> Thank you for this candid introduction.
> 
> As others have said - you express a solid and impressive vision.
> Your passion for the art and craft of photography comes through in each 
> image.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
> 
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