Early 80s that's good memory!! You reminded me of this website: http://www.unphotographable.com/
On 6/30/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect that the talent on this list misses very few shots, but in the off > chance there are some funny stories about missed shots, I'd be very > interested in reading them--if you are interested in sharing them. I've > even got a story of my own: > > > > > > While walking down Clark street in Chicago in the early 80s , I spied a big, > burly doorman, who was the size of a small building and had the arms and > hands of a stone mason, leading a skinny, pimply faced teenager by the > collar out of a very dingy bar. > > > > > > Outside the bar in broad daylight, the doorman began to give the kid a good > verbal thrashing all the while wagging his finger under the kid's nose. > Finally the doorman's index finger came to a full stop, and in the next > nano-second the teenager seized the moment and chomped on it-and tenaciously > hung on as the doorman yelled and desperately tried to shake the kid off. > The two spun about for awhile in front of the bar, whirling round & round > till the kid picked his moment, let go, and made a run for it. > > > > And I missed all of it. I didn't get one shot off-I was so engrossed > watching the drama I completely forgot to reach for my camera, which was > slung over my shoulder. I still have regrets about missing this shot--but > fortunately the memory is still well-seen, perfectly rendered with held > highlights & detail rich shadows, well-framed, brilliantly composed, and > very sharp ;-). > > > > 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. > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
