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Subject: [Leica] LUG (re)introduction
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:38:45 -0600
References: <CAPvTyV7vcWRbng=y219_CdC-B3VAg7OX0uaY5XOqh6Yd2AX6Lg@mail.gmail.com>

Welcome (back) Matt!
and
SUPERB PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS
Kudos!

a note off the iPad, George

On Jan 19, 2015, at 4:25 AM, Matt Kollasch <matt at kollarfoto.com> wrote:

> I am sorry about that link. It is now fixed.
> Here are the photos: bit.ly/lugshots
> Comments and criticism welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> /matt
> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:04 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> wrote:
> 
>> Same here - welcome all the same :-)
>> Happy to meet a new friend who is a friend of friend's, read Uncle Ted ;-)
>> 
>> Welcome !
>> 
>> Amities
>> Philippe from over the pond
>> 
>> 
>> Le 19 janv. 15 ? 07:42, Matt Kollasch a ?crit :
>> 
>> ?Thanks Richard. I had no idea regarding the log in... Let me look into
>>> it.
>>> Sorry for that.?
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Richard Man <
>>> richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Needs some kind of login to see your photos?
>>>> 
>>>> Welcome (back) regardless.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Matt Kollasch <matt at kollarfoto.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear LUG,
>>>>> 
>>>>> My name is Matt Kollasch and I participated on this list early in this
>>>>> century. I don't know exactly when I drifted from LUG, but last week or
>>>>> 
>>>> so
>>>> 
>>>>> I signed up again and have been enjoying the photos and discussion so I
>>>>> decided to return and participate.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know Sandy and Ted and I recognize many of your names. Ted was  kind
>>>>> to
>>>>> me in the early 2000s when he critiqued my photos. I would post photos
>>>>> to
>>>>> Ted and then call him and he'd tell me what he thought. I learned so
>>>>> much
>>>>> from those sessions. It was a great experience and has stayed with me
>>>>> 
>>>> ever
>>>> 
>>>>> since. Thanks again, Ted! Sandy and I worked on a project together
>>>>> photographing the Roma in the east of Slovakia. We called it the Roma
>>>>> 
>>>> Foto
>>>> 
>>>>> Project; it enjoyed a few exhibits.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since last on the list I  moved from Cedar Falls, Iowa to live in 
>>>>> Warsaw
>>>>> (love that city) for seven years. We are now in Baku for 1 1/2 years
>>>>> (not
>>>>> as much love). My wife, Beatrice, is Swiss and works at the Swiss
>>>>> Embassy
>>>>> here. We met and were married in Warsaw.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I shoot a M240 with a Summicron 50/2 almost exclusively. I have a sweet
>>>>> little circa 1993 35/2 Summicron but for the life of me I can not get 
>>>>> it
>>>>> 
>>>> to
>>>> 
>>>>> focus sharply on the M. Even after having it repaired at Leica in
>>>>> 
>>>> Germany.
>>>> 
>>>>> I miss the 35 focal length, but am learning to enjoy life with the 50.
>>>>> 
>>>> When
>>>> 
>>>>> I next get to a Leica store I will try one of their 35s to see if it is
>>>>> indeed my lens.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here are three of my recent photos: http://bit.ly/LUGkollasch
>>>>> The construction site is across from our apartment. We are on the 10th
>>>>> floor; this shot is from our balcony at 4 this morning. Comments and
>>>>> criticism welcome.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for an interesting and lively LUG.
>>>>> 
>>>>> All best,
>>>>> /matt kollasch
>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
>>>> // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>>             web site <http://www.kollarfoto.com>|facebook
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/kollarfoto> |twitter: @narbutta
>>> <https://twitter.com/narbutta>|blog <http://kollarfoto.wordpress.com/
>>>> |baku
>>> chairs <http://www.kollarfoto.com/baku-chairs/>|azerbaijan paw
>>> <http://kollarfoto.wordpress.com/paw-azerbaijan/>
>>> 
>>>          *Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.*  Henri
>>> Cartier-Bresson
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Leica Users Group.
>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>> 
>> 
>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to
>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.
>> NO ARCHIVE
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Leica Users Group.
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
>              web site <http://www.kollarfoto.com>|facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/kollarfoto> |twitter: @narbutta
> <https://twitter.com/narbutta>|blog <http://kollarfoto.wordpress.com/>|baku
> chairs <http://www.kollarfoto.com/baku-chairs/>|azerbaijan paw
> <http://kollarfoto.wordpress.com/paw-azerbaijan/>
> 
>           *Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.*  Henri
> Cartier-Bresson
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information


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