Far too many missed shots to bore everyone with. Well, maybe just one then. I was walking along Piccadilly one Sunday and saw Don McCullin, so I went up, shook his hand and said hello. We chatted for about 10 minutes and in all that time I never thought to take his picture, or to ask him to take a picture of me with my camera (so I'd have owned a unique, original photo by one of the legends).
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Christine Aguila > Sent: 30 June 2008 19:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: On the Ones We Missed > > 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. > > -- 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.
