It's great to hear from Lasse. He was one of my favorite posters, and I miss his robust presence here. Paul
Keith Whaley wrote: > > I don't suppose you could find some time to post some of the > svenska-flikka, could you? > > keith whaley > > Lasse Karlsson wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Just want to say hi and that I'm still around although I haven't been > > posting for some time. > > I've got into the habit of following the list almost like reading the > > evening paper or some TV-news station of dubious quality, just to see > > what the quarrel is about today.... (And actually enjoying it at > > times. Whats becoming of me?) > > > > Anyway, as some of you may remember from an earlier report, a few > > months back I moved from Stockholm to my hometown - Mariehamn in the > > Aland Islands (right between Sweden and Finland). > > Been very busy with a whole lot of stuff, including getting my house > > in order (semi-detached, taken over from my dear late mother), > > working, writing etc. > > Got a temporary job for a month at one of the local papers (as a > > reporter, but shot a lot of pictures too - all great fun in many > > ways). > > Shortly after that I was asked (by the town's "head of cultural > > affairs") would I be interested in a half time job arranging one > > annual jazz festival due in February. Of course I was, so that's where > > I earn my basic income right now, while trying to pull some other > > threads as well. > > Furthermore I have been offered an exhibition of maybe 50 jazz photos > > of mine during the same festival. > > (Well, what do you say, after having been wanting to do an exhibition > > for a number of years without knowing how to raise the money for it? > > And now it�s offered to me on a plate without me even asking for > > it...) > > > > So far I haven't gotten further with this other than browsing through > > a great number of albums and binders of photos. Since I haven't done > > more than the occasional blow up of some of them, I have come to > > realise that quite a few that do well as 10x15cm prints wouldn't make > > it being enlarged to exhibit size. > > (By the way, I haven't even decided on size yet. Any comments based on > > your own experience are welcome.) > > > > By the way, there was also this other funny thing. > > Out shooting some bands at a concert in late summer I was more or less > > picked up by this young woman who very much wanted to become a model. > > Well, she was nice and funny, and very persistent. (And she said that > > she felt I was "just the right person" for it - Any of you guys that > > would have been able to resist... :-) > > She talked me into doing a (lousy) shoot the same night outdoors > > against a wall - problem was it was too dark for me and the camera to > > focus properly, but she was great fun. > > Anyway, there was simply something about her, that made me agree on > > shooting her on the beach the following day, a kind of a test shoot - > > some bikini shots and some portraits. > > I think I shot four or five rolls - I didn't do a very good job at > > it - we were both slightly tired from the previous late night - but > > then there was this handful of shots that were simply great to my eye. > > She left the following day (she lives in Sweden on the west coast, a > > full day's ride from here) and I didn't really get a go at some > > shots-set ups that I had been planning on. > > I sent her a few scans, and she was delighted. So was her family > > apparently, since her mother once came on the phone asking when they > > might come over for another shoot... > > (I thought she was twentyish something, since we met in this > > restaurant, but then she turns out to be only seventeen...) > > She and I had been talking about shooting some more on the condition > > it wouldn't cost me anything and I could use her as a model for > > practising stuff. > > However, the prospect of having her mother around makes it feel more > > like an assignment for pay... > > We'll see what will come out of it. (I haven't yet decided, and don't > > know whether she'd still feel up to it.) > > (Furthermore, a lot of photowork has been stalled due to problems with > > either Windows or the hardware. (Might get back with an OT plea for > > assistance in dealing with this.) ) > > > > This is getting long enough for now. > > Till later, > > Lasse
