Cesar: Your so called "ramble" reveals 3 beautiful stories. I'm so glad you told us your stories. The portrait of your great aunt is lovely--just lovely. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cesar Matamoros II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:49 PM Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > Hi Christine, > > This has been a very nice thread - I am glad you brought it up. > I first gave it no thought since I have been such the lurker lately. > But as I read the replies I began to think of my experiences, > photographically. > > There are three moments that come to mind - bear with me. Two were in > the mid 80s and as such on film (slides perchance). The other was > digitally and about five years ago. > > The first was during my first helicopter ride. We were being the target > for a surveillance radar system we were integrating in North Carolina - > for use outside the country. It was winter. I had the GPS and my sole > role was to trigger the data acquisition at certain times. > The pilot was enjoying the flight. We were mostly over the Abermarle > Sound. We even dropped down to where the waves were hitting the runners! > I got some good shots of the sunlight on the water, the apparent open > sea. I was having a blast taking many photos. I still relish the memory. > As an aside, we felt the helicopter shudder, twice. So the pilot > decided to go over land and see about setting down - we could not see a > bird strike or anything of that sort. Had we gone into the water we > would not have lasted long. > We ended up finding a field and as we were landing the motor gave out > and we auto-rotated to the ground. It ended up being about two miles > from the house of the parents of the girl, Donna, who would become my > girlfriend in a few months! And she is central to the second moment. > > Donna took her first plane rides to fly down to Florida - where I went > from North Carolina - to see me. > Her first international flight was to Honduras that summer to spend my > vacation with me. She was a country girl. Imagine her traveling to a > strange land. I took her around Honduras and showed its beauty. > We ended up in the Mayan ruins of Copan. She was taken aback. > Especially as I filled her in on the time frames and 'technology'. At > one point, as we rested, I happened to take a shot of her - a portrait > if you will. She has her chin in her hand with a cute visor upon her > head and she had a faraway look. Her parents loved that shot and I gave > them a copy. I wonder if they still have it up. > Anyway, I love the shot because it conveys what she was feeling without > showing her surrounding. I have to look for that shot! > > The last story is also about a portrait. It is of my oldest living > great-aunt. A nun who is at least 87 by now. I catch her chatting with > my father. It is a shot that my immediate family each has a copy. It > was just a grab shot, but I felt the moment - I knew when I needed to > press the button. It was a 'moment' that I captured, rather well if I > may step away from being humble. And I can send a link: > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/583584/display/3364364 > > Sorry for the ramble, great question, > > > Cesar > Panama City, Florida > > > > > Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great >> international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and >> photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd love to >> hear >> stories about your greatest photographic moments. Anyone willing to >> share a >> story or 2? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
