Bob: Great early light house shot--definitely the kind of shot that hooks one for life! Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:56 AM Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > Christine, > > OK, I'll bite...Two photographic incidents come to mind, one with a > picture, one without. > > Long ago I bought my first Pentax camera, a simple ME. We were going > to visit friends in Europe and I'd used my Dad's Retina IIIc, so I > wanted something good in 35mm. We lived across the street from Lake > Michigan in Racine, Wisconsin. One night driving home after work, I > passed the lighthouse and pulled to the side of the road. I wanted a > picture of the light. > > I had my Pentax ME with my 50mm f1.7 loaded with film. I knew it > would be a long exposure, so I put the camera on top of the '71 Olds > Cutlass above the driver's seat. Framing wasn't quite right so I put > my hand on the car and under the lens. I took 2 or 3 shots like this, > and God favors the ignorant is all I can say. The result is the > picture on right of the attached page. Wow, I was hooked! > > http://www.members.aol.com/rfsindg/WindPoint.html > > The other incident that comes to mind is photographing our first > child. The delivery room photos aren't so great, but we decided to > take a photo every month for the first year. I probably shot a roll > or half a roll each time we did it and got some wonderful memories of > the year passing and our child growing. I would highly recommend this > to any new parents. You have to set aside some time for the photo > session once a month, but the rewards are excellent. The time passes > so quickly... > > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Christine Aguila > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
